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Super Soaker Inventor: Keep toys and millions of other products in the pipeline -- protect the patent system - Fox News

As an inventor holding over 100 U.S. patents – including the Super Soaker water gun, Nerf dart guns, clean energy technologies and many more – I know firsthand the vital role that patents play ... read more

The Inventor Of The Super Soaker Talks About Turning ... - Forbes

Lonnie Johnson's Super Soaker water gun, introduced in 1990, has racked up retail sales of more than $1 billion. Using the revenue from his past success, he's developing two devices he believes ... read more

The Accidental Invention of the Super Soaker - Smithsonian Magazine

The Super Soaker was the top-selling toy in the world in 1992. Fabian Posselt/ullstein picture via Getty Images You might think it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to invent a squirt gun like the ... read more

What do Shark Tank, Abraham Lincoln, and the Super Soaker have in common? - Baltimore Sun

Baltimore was an early hub of this innovative spirit. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O of Monopoly game fame) was the first common carrier railroad in America. It was founded in 1828 with t… ... read more

Super Soaker inventor: ‘Put it on the table and let it stand on its merit’

Despite his education, training and vast experience in science, Super Soaker was Johnson’s first foray into toys. A recent study by the USPTO found women comprise only 12% of all inventors named ... read more

How a black inventor beat the odds to create the Super Soaker

The Super Soaker has been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y. Super Soaker inventor Lonnie Johnson in 1998 wields a pair of guns from his popular Super Soaker brand ... read more

How Alan Dorfman Sold Millions Of Toys By Thinking Small - Very Small - Forbes

For every Super Soaker and Pokemon hit, Dorfman said, there have been hundreds of misses. “We’re a risk-return business,” he said. “F0r every 500 we have one that takes off like Pokemon. read more

Super Soaker inventor among 7 inductees to Alabama Business Hall of Fame

Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker water gun in his "spare time" while employed as a NASA engineer. More than 200 million have been sold since it appeared on the market. read more

Twister and Super Soaker join the Toy Hall of Fame - New York Post

These games are no joke! A trio of classic children’s toys were chosen to join the likes of Barbie and Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester on Thursday morning: Twister, the ... read more

Super Soaker 2011: Ready Your Batteries and Clips! | WIRED

Hasbro sent me some samples of their new line of Super Soaker blasters, and I have to say they offer some really cool innovations over last year’s models. The first innovation is built into the ... read more

A look at the Alabama-born inventor of the Super Soaker

A new video series from A+E Networks and Reddit is spotlighting a well-known Alabama-born inventor. Lonnie Johnson, who created the Super Soaker water gun in his "spare time" as a NASA engineer ... read more

Super Soaker Inventor Aims to Cut Solar Costs in Half - Popular Mechanics

The Atlanta-based independent inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun (a true technological milestone) says he can achieve a conversion efficiency rate that tops 60 percent with a new solid-state ... read more