Inventive Eats: Incredible Food Innovations Now on Display at the USPTO

The US Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") opened a new exhibit yesterday at the Inventor's Hall of Fame, at the Madison Building in Alexandria, Virginia.  The exhibit is the first major exhibit installation to come to the Hall of Fame since it was relocated to Alexandria from Akron, Ohio in 2009.

The exhibit shows how our breakfast cereals, sandwiches, dinner entrees, and more have been transformed by significant events, discoveries and inventions.  It features the important role many of the National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees have played in the array of appetizing innovations that have made the food we eat safer, healthier and more economical.

The exhibit includes:

A full-size Mr. Peanut® character costume from the 1960s, used for Planters marketing, and additional Mr. Peanut artifacts

• A 1950s fully stocked walk-in kitchen
• 19th century patent models, including models of a refrigerator, an egg beater, a flour sifter, and the original Mason jar
• Displays of other well-known trademark food characters, such as the Pillsbury Doughboy® and the Green Giant®
• A Tappan vintage microwave from 1955, the first for home use
• A 19th century patented beehive

If you are near Washingon, DC or Northern Virginia consider stopping by the Inventors Hall of Fame!