Patenting Gifts

Patent Office.

"Don't get too excited. Your idea never really gets off the ground"

Patents office, "That looks like a brilliant idea Mr Edison"

'How can I put this....?'

"Young Frankenstein"

Circa 1928, The Reese's Candy laboratory.

"What's a patent?"

Though he created more than 300 products from peanuts, George Washington Carver was unable to change even one of them back into a peanut.

'I told you it would be useful.'

"Actually, I'm hoping what I'm going to be when I grow up hasn't been invented yet."

The first car accident.

'It's not easy being ahead of your time.'

A Communal Breakfast for the Young

"I think I may have stumbled on something, Walpole."

'I couldn't think of a science fair project so I just re-invented the wheel.'

Needed Inventions: An Airbag To Protect The Viewer Against A Really Lousy Program.

Raincloud Umbrella

Eureka!

'A wheel? No wonder I broke a tooth. I thought it was a donut.'

Edison: The Early Years,

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

Early cyborg.

"I thought you were making a coffee table?"

The First Fire Stick

'This will be great for chase scenes.'

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

'The wheel was easy, the owner's manual is hard!'

Brian's canine Tread-o-Sod saved him the trouble of cleaning up after Mitzi.

'I don't know what he gets up to in there, but it keeps him busy.' (Noises are recorded, man reads paper, has beer.)

'Yes, sir, what can I do for you?'

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

"I have no toys just yet. I have a concept of a plan for toys...toys like no one has ever seen before."

Mulching Vacuum Cleaner

Congratulations on your retirement!

The discovery of electricity...