3D printing breathes new life into old inventions The US Patent and Trademark Office

3D printing breathes new life into old inventions
The US Patent and Trademark Office may be the key battleground in today’s high-tech lawsuits, but it’s also home to a trove of inventions that have fallen into the public domain.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/6/4593950/public-domain-patents-modeled-for-3d-printers

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What is that thing?

It’s a frog it appears…

I belive you wanted to write “flowerstand”… Autocorrect? ^^

Synonyms. The thing in a vase that holds the flower stems is called a frog. I am not sure I want to know why…