America loves innovation and the cando spirit that made this country what it isampmdasha world leader in selfgovernment industry technology and pop culture.amp160 Everything about America has been an experiment and a leap of faith.amp160 And one such experimentampmdashupon which all others depend for successampmdashis the U.S. Patent System. amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160 Why Has America Stopped Inventing takes a close look at why this experiment appears to be failing and why America has all but stopped inventing.amp160Our belief that we are the most innovative people on earth is mistaken.amp160Statistics show that today we invent less than half of what our counterparts did a century and a half ago.amp160 Look around Where are the groundbreaking inventions comparable to those from the Industrial Revolutionamp160 Itamprsquos unforgivable that weamprsquove been using the same mode of transportation for over a century.amp160 Why are we giving trillions of dollars every year to hostile foreign nations for imported oil when we have the inventive talent in America to solve the nationamprsquos energy crisisWe donamprsquot have these desperately needed technologies because regular Americans have given up on inventing.amp160 Why Has America Stopped Inventing compares some of Americaamprsquos most successful 19th century inventors with those of today showing Jefferson refusing to waste any more weekends examining patent applications Whitney being robbed of his fortune while the Southamprsquos wealth exploded the patent models that kept British soldiers from burning Washingtonamprsquos laststanding federal building the formation of Lincolnamprsquos cabinet and Selden crippling the entire U.S. Auto Industry.amp160 It also tells the largely unforgotten stories of the Wright brotheramprsquos airplane monopoly the Colt revolveramprsquos role in the Mexican American War the Sewing Machine wars the last six months of Daniel