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    INVENTION PROTECTION

    Feb 01, 2019 2 minutes
    by Will Bremen

    Using imagination and ingenuity, Americans have turned their ideas into practical products. Sometimes an idea sparks the creation of a new and original item. Other times, a change or an improvement to one idea creates a completely new invention.

    Take the telephone as an example. Alexander Graham Bell is credited with being the first person to patent a compact personal devices.

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