Renewable Energy Patents On the Rise

Via The Cleantech Group

The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index shows renewable energy patents granted in the third quarter of 2011 at record highs, with 599 patents granted in the U.S. Read more →

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Inflatable Wind Turbine From The Segway Guy

inflatable wind turbine

Dean Kamen, who invented the Segway, files a patent application for an inflatable wind turbine that would apparently serve as some sort of billboard. Read more →

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Small Wind Gets A Nod From Patent Office

wind-turbine blade patent, Samara, Wind Dancer, Wind Simplicity

While much of the wind-power world focuses on bigger gear, a Canadian manufacturer of small wind turbines wins a U.S. patent for its curved blade. Read more →

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He’s A Solar Pioneer, And Barely A Teen

Young Naturalist Award winner, Aidan Dwyer

Aidan Dwyer, just 13 years old, wins a Young Naturalist Award for investigating the Fibonacci sequence and applying it ingenuously to solar-power collection. Read more →

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GM Racks Up Cleantech Patents

GM, according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index of US patents, received the lion's share of clean energy related patents in 2010. Read more →

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Green Tech Inventors Get A Patent Break

Patent schematic

Green tech inventors can relax: The U.S. Patent Office is extending a set-to-expire program that speeds the review of clean-energy innovations. Read more →

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mPhase Secures Tech Patent Related To 20 Year Battery

mPhase Technologies said it has been granted a patent related to the technology behind its special flashlight that has a 20 year reserve battery shelf life that is activated by an external event. Read more →

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Another Apple Green Tech Patent Points To Solar Paneled iPods

image via Patently Apple

It looks like Apple is dabbling in more green tech-focused patents, this time securing one which talks about solar panels integrated into portable devices. Is a solar-powered iPhone coming some day? Read more →

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