There are lots of interesting things in the U.S. patent collection, aside from one of the greatest catalogs of inventions. For example, there are occasionally references and even images of famous people. Buried in Fig. 7A in today’s patent of the day, U.S. Patent No. 6,270,077 is this drawing of Albert Einstein:

U.S. Patent No. 2,021,593 has an image of actor Ronald Coleman:

There are many others, that no doubt will be featured in future blogs.