July 31st is a day worth celebrating...

On July 31, 1790, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded Samuel Hopkins the first U.S. patent for a new apparatus and method of making potash.  Over 200 years later, inventors are still knocking on the door of the USPTO asking for their piece of the American dream.  Such inventors and inventions are being highlighted in MSNBC’s Tech Tour Across America.  So far the Tech Tour has made “stops” at five different locations.  Some of the videos are better than others because the video highlights not only the invention but the inventors themselves.   As everybody knows, every inventor has a story….some are just more interesting than others.