Today is Veteran’s Day, and today’s patents of the day did not issue on November 11, but rather relate to Veterans Day itself. Veterans Day began as Armistice Day on November 11, 1919, — the first anniversary of the end of World War I. It was made a federal holiday in 1938, and was renamed “Veterans Day” in 1954 to include all American veterans.

Only about one hundred patents mention “Veterans Day,” and most of these do so in the context of calendars, traffic patterns, and sales. Of the handful of patents that actually relate to veterans, it is disconcerting that one (U.S. Patent No. 7,934,690) is for a grave marker:

and another (U.S. Patent No. 10952522) is for a backpack for homeless veterans:

Thank you, veterans, for you have done for society both in and out of the service.