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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve had some wonderful opportunities to pester Ford’s archive department for…
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If you’ve always wanted an easy way to turn your pickup truck into an outdoor movie theater, a new Ford patent…
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Correction: Friday, July 20, 2018, 11:45 a.m. ET: A previous version of this story incorrectly described the design…
I’m not sure if you’ve been keeping count at home, but the United States issued its ten millionth patent this…