EquIP HQ: Empowering students and teachers with invention and intellectual property skills

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EquIP HQ: Empowering students and teachers with invention and intellectual property skills

Blog by Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO

On August 8, 2022, students, parents, and educators got firsthand experience trying out EquIP HQ at the USPTO in Alexandria, VA. (Photo by Michael Cleveland/USPTO)

Do you know which president had a patent? Do you want to design your own trademark?

These are just some of the questions and fun activities posed by EquIP HQ, the USPTO’s new invention education resource that we are thrilled to launch today. The online platform, created by and for the USPTO with support from digital education contractor Second Avenue Learning, provides free tools to teach students real-world invention and intellectual property (IP) skills.

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