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In this virtual museum, Rinaldi (coauthor, Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape) chronologically samples anonymously drafted technical patent-standard renderings of industrial designs. These aren't the far more numerous "utility" patents for functional originality; instead, design patents identify designers and record and protect (for 3.5 to 14 years) an object's appearance. (Images and other graphics may be copyrighted but cannot be design-patented, apart from manufactured physical products. Separate plant patents protect natural articles. Proces...Log In or Sign Up to Read More