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Halloween-Themed Patents: Innovation Meets Spooktacular Fun

Halloween-Themed Patents: Innovation Meets Spooktacular Fun As the season progresses and the leaves change from green to shades of red, orange, and brown anticipation stirs! Decorations adorn lawns,…


Celebrating Halloween With Candy, Costumes and Creepy Traditions

Parents and kids are scrambling to put the final touches on costumes and Jack-o'-lanterns, not to mention stocking up on candy for tonight's trick or treaters. However, over the years, the…


Gearing Up For Halloween With Some Wacky Halloween Inventions

It’s that time of year again when ghosts and ghouls go bump in the night and trick or treaters hunt for candy and costumes. While Intellectual Property may not the first phrase that comes to mind…


5 Spooky Patents to Celebrate Halloween

Whether you're snacking on candy that has a registered trademark, reading a scary book that has been copyrighted, or carving pumpkins with a patented tool, this month you are very likely to come in…


Bat Patent

Halloween Patent: Bat-Like Decorative Object

This BAT-LIKE DECORATIVE OBJECT, U.S. Patent No. 5,285,898, was granted on February 15, 1994. Bats are a Halloween staple and this one is sure to add a little fright to the night. It is described as…


Halloween Board Game Patent

Halloween Patent: Halloween Board Game

Going out on Halloween is not for everyone, younger kids may scare easily, some may be too old to trick-or-treat, or the weather may be nasty. The HALLOWEEN BOARD GAME. U.S. Patent No. 5,662,328 is…


Pumpkin Patent

Halloween Patent: Combination Lighting Device

Robert S. Blake was granted a patent for a COMBINATION LIGHTING DEVICE. U.S. Patent No. 6,428,178. This Halloween device can use either a necklace or a necktie to display lights on the outside and…