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Robert Kearns

Robert Kearns

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Search complete. 3 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Robert Kearns".

Sep 22, 2026

Eric HintzGUEST
7:03
And as you mentioned, you know, in the 80s, corporations seem to hold all the cards in terms of they could use their patent portfolios to harass independent inventors and sue them into bankruptcy and like this kind of stuff.
Eric HintzGUEST
7:16
But then with the with the establishment of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, an individual patent holder like Robert Kearns, right? So you think about the intermittent windshield wipers.
Eric HintzGUEST
7:26
What a great story.
Eric HintzGUEST
7:27
They even made a movie out of it with Greg Sneer.
EmilyHOST
49:44
Can I see your drawing?
RoseHOST
49:46
Yes, and that's what happened with Robert Kearns, who's the one that came up with it, came up with the idea.
RoseHOST
49:51
And he came up with it from eyes blinking, like how eyes don't blink.
RoseHOST
49:59
Like your eye blinks every once in a while.

6 MINS LATER

EmilyHOST
56:18
But I think he's right.
EmilyHOST
56:20
I hate that.
RoseHOST
56:22
Yeah, Robert Kearns.
RoseHOST
56:23
Intermittent windshield wipers.

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