Patenting Mugs

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"

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

"What's a patent?"

'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.'

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

A Communal Breakfast for the Young

'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.'

Early cyborg.

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

"I thought you were making a coffee table?"

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

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

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

'This will be great for chase scenes.'

The First Fire Stick

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

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

Mulching Vacuum Cleaner

Congratulations on your retirement!

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

The discovery of electricity...

'Roger's busy making a cat-flap in the kitchen.'

"I'm Necessity and this is my son, Invention."

The man who invented the wheel/The man who patented the wheel.