{"id":203,"date":"2018-03-02T11:34:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T11:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=203"},"modified":"2021-09-02T20:59:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T19:59:01","slug":"to-invent-you-need-a-good-imagination-and-a-pile-of-junk-thomas-edison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/to-invent-you-need-a-good-imagination-and-a-pile-of-junk-thomas-edison\/","title":{"rendered":"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. &#8211; Thomas Edison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If invention is the name of your game, have a look at out <a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/patents\">Patent Guide<\/a>.&nbsp; Though it is small it is very mighty&#8230; explaining what Patents are, where to get help in Newcastle, links to online databases where you can search for patents and other online resources for further information on Patents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.ncl.ac.uk\/patents\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-214\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/03\/Patents.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"955\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/03\/Patents.jpg 955w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/03\/Patents-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/03\/Patents-768x622.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Please note, patents can be quite tricky to search for , so for further help we recommend that you attend one of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipcnewcastle.co.uk\/your-idea\/protect-your-idea\/\">Newcastle City Library&#8217;s FREE Intellectual Property surgeries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If invention is the name of your game, have a look at out Patent Guide.&nbsp; Though it is small it is very mighty&#8230; explaining what Patents are, where to get help in Newcastle, links to online databases where you can search for patents and other online resources for further information on Patents. *Please note, patents &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/to-invent-you-need-a-good-imagination-and-a-pile-of-junk-thomas-edison\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. &#8211; Thomas Edison&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2859,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,101],"tags":[26,50,54,66,100],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","category-topic-guides","tag-architecture","tag-civil","tag-eee","tag-mecheng","tag-planning-and-landscape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5995,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/5995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}