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Inventors Eye is the USPTO’s newsletter for the independent inventor community published since 2010. Browse through our archive to find stories about innovation, profiles of inventors, and tips and advice on USPTO services.

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USPTO Director David Kappos speaking to two men

Independent Inventors Gather at the USPTO to Share Ideas

Inside of an old library with two men doing research

Patent and Trademark Resources in Your Own Backyard

Cartoon figures sitting around a table made out of multicolored gears

Organizations for Independent Inventors

Protect Your Innovation: Avoid Scams

Message from the Associate Commissioner

Undergraduate winners Ameer Shakeel and Payam Pourtaheri of UVA

Solving Tomorrow's Problems

inventors at a USPTO inventors conference all raising their hand

Save the Date for the 2017 Independent Inventors Conference

Inventor Lucca Riccio demonstrates his invention, the Tube Talker.

Young Inventor Lucca Riccio

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