Sure, paper clips end up floating around junk drawers and clutter desk tops, but they’re good for more than just organizing papers. These bendy wires can be quite handy in pinch — and they can make a ...

James Ward has an unusual attachment to paper clips. And when he sees one, he sees "a piece of art, but it's also a piece of useful art." And like any serious art appreciator, he is also a collector.

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Paper clips come in all shapes and sizes. I have a collection of the ordinary ones: metal and plastic covered colored ones along with others that I use for keeping things in orderly fashion. So this ...

In the patent literature, the term "prior art" is virtually synonymous with "state of the art," the standard against which any claimed improvement is necessarily judged. Normally, "state of the art" ...