19 Patents Invented by Ingenious Celebrities (Plus One by Paula Abdul)

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted well over 8 million patents, so it would stand to reason that at least of few of them were authored by people with a certain degree of fame. Like Lawrence Welk, for instance. Yes, the '70s-era polka king was somewhat of a tinkerer. So was Kurt Vonnegut. And Harry Houdini.

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/celebrity-patents/

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