FLL Global Innovation

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At 100 years old, Eemeli Väyrynen (FI) became the oldest person to receive a patent for his improved potato planter.

The first season of the FLL Global Innovation Award had 179 team submissions!

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere" - Albert Einstein

“Every generation has its own innovations.” – Dean Kamen, FIRST founder

Get ahold of this! A 4-year-old girl from Texas is the youngest person to get a patent – which was for grasping knobs.

Be still my cardiac organ! In 1979 a patent was granted for an artificial heart.

FIRST LEGO League reaches kids in 61 countries!

Silly Putty, trademarked in 1952, was used by Apollo astronauts to hold down their tools in zero-gravity.

Patents can be granted for innovative processes and technologies — like how computers run.

A clean sweep! The first patent ever was granted in 1790 for a soap-making formula.

The Wright brothers aircraft idea took off in 1906 when they received a patent for what they called a “flying machine.”

The first US patent was issued in 1790 to Samuel Hopkins of Philadelphia

There are three types of patents: utility, design, and plant.

The US has issued over 7 million patents since 1790.

219,614 utility patents were issued in 2010.

Numbered patents began in 1836. Patent No. 1 was granted to John Ruggles of Maine.

Utility patent holders have the right to control the use of their inventions for 20 years.

Design patent holders have the right to control the use of their inventions for 14 years.

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...as selected by our community.

476 Total Submissions

#	Invention	Votes
51	DIA Scanner	21,090
52	MedcTraaDn	20,691
53	WS-The Game	20,215
54	Giga Grip	20,211
55	SmartCane	20,040
56	Pluggable	18,948
57	Quick Up Cane	18,890
58	HERB	18,642
59	FANCY Band	18,326
60	Got Grisp? Cap	17,977

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Recipient of the $20,000 prize and title of SENIOR SOLUTIONS^SM Global Innovation Award winner is....

NeXT GEN, THE GRAMMA-JAMMA

Global Innovation Award Finalists, each awarded $5,000:

Lucky is our Dog, THE BUDDY
Rockford Christian Royal Narwhals, THE MPA: MAGNETIC PLUG ADAPTOR

ROBOLUTION was chosen by AARP to present their innovative solution, the HydroBand, at the AARP National Event & Expo: Life@50 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Thank you to all teams who participated in this year’s FLL Global Innovation Award. Be sure to check back often to learn more about the teams, their ideas, and find out how you can enter your NATURE’S FURY^SM Project idea next season!

The FIRST® LEGO® League Global Innovation Award is designed to encourage and assist FLL teams to further develop their innovative solutions to real-world problems. Any registered FLL team may enter their invention to win the opportunity to take their idea to the next level.

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