Published on: 10/03/2024 10:20 AM
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A look back at the highlights of September 2024 |
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A group of high school students set about solving a problem for the community by creating an invention, yet they ended up doing so much more — from unlocking the power of the invention mindset to experiencing the transformative ripples caused by it. One of those students, Katia Avila Pinedo, now champions invention education. |
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At the heart of invention
Her dark hair tinged with pink ends, a 21-year-old woman walks up the brightly lit stair entrance of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, welcomed by a 1920’s marquee. Walking past the gold-lined reservation desks, the bright light of the art deco-styled chandeliers, wall sconces, and golden orb fixtures illuminate the way as Katia Avila Pinedo walks toward a small corridor near the hotel’s elevators.
Weaving in and out through small groups of people she makes it to the registration table for the National Summer Teacher Institute, an educational program run by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Held annually, the program offers teachers the opportunity to learn more about invention and intellectual property, knowledge they can bring back to the classroom.
As one of the youngest to speak at the event, Avila Pinedo was excited to share her student invention journey, one that opened up the world for her and her high school teammates and serves as an example of the transformational power of invention education.
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President Bill Clinton signs into law an appropriations bill that includes the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act, creating the USPTO Public Advisory Committees (PACs), in the Rose Garden on November 29, 1999. (Photo by David Scull, courtesy of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library) |
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Celebrating 25 years of USPTO’s Public Advisory Committees
The turn of the new millennium was a time of expansive change and great opportunity. With the digital revolution reaching across the globe, the majority of Americans now had a computer in their home. Rapidly developing technologies drove new sectors of innovation, as well as expanding opportunities for businesses small and large alike.
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Jerry Ma thanks leadership and colleagues upon receiving the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal® for excellence in public service during the awards ceremony on September 11, 2024. (Photo by Allison Shelley for the Partnership for Public Service) |
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Jerry Ma honored with prestigious Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal® for excellence incorporating artificial intelligence at the USPTO
September 9, 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. – Director of Emerging Technology and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jerry Ma has been awarded the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal® for excellence in public service. Ma’s honor is in recognition of the leadership and dedication he and his team display in advancing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the patent examination process and shaping USPTO policies to address AI’s evolving role in intellectual property and innovation.
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USPTO announces Create & Innovate Tour to connect with local inventors and entrepreneurs in libraries across the country
Grand openings of four new Patent and Trademark Resource Centers include a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Historically Black College University (HBCU).
September 23, 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the kick-off of the Create and Innovate Tour, which will make multiple stops at libraries across the country highlighting the impact of Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRCs) on the local innovation economy. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Kathi Vidal will officially kick off the tour tomorrow at the 40th anniversary event of the University of Utah PTRC in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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USPTO issues final rule on the Director Review process
September 30,2024
To advance the USPTO’s goal of ensuring fair, transparent, and efficient procedures throughout the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), today we announced a final rule governing the process for Director Review of proceedings under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA).
The Director Review process is an important way for parties to request rehearing of certain PTAB decisions. On April 16, 2024, we issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public input on proposed rules for Director Review of decisions in PTAB proceedings. Based on the comments and support received as a result, we are moving forward with the rulemaking process.
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Matthew Kohner, U.S. IP Attaché for Southeast Asia, helped destroy more than 1.2 million seized counterfeit items as part of Thailand’s Destruction Ceremony of IPR Infringing Goods on Aug. 23. The counterfeit items were valued at $8.8 million and included many well-known brands and U.S. companies for apparel, shoes, handbags, electronics, and pirated DVDs. See the original post on LinkedIn or watch the reel on Instagram. |
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 The USPTO headquarters are so boo-tiful this time of year 👻🕸️🎃
#CreepyIP is back!
Join us as we dust off the cobwebs on the spooky, strange and eerie patents and trademarks of the past all October. We promise it’ll be a spook-tacular time.
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 On this day in 1962: U.S. Patent No. 3,055,113 issued for what became the Etch A Sketch! This educational game used a unique mechanism to scrape powdered material from the underside of a screen. Users could create drawings that appeared as the powdered surface was cleared away.
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 If you have a degree in an art or design field, you can use your professional knowledge to evaluate design patent applications from the comfort of your own home.
Our design patent examiners get the first look at the innovations of tomorrow. Learn more about this career field and apply by June 8, 2025.
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 Can you identify this well-known invention?
- Kicking it off, this invention is used to support an ellipsoidal ball during the beginning, half-time, and after scoring.
- Touching back on the previous point, this multi-use patent features a concave wall to support the ball.
- The object of this patent is to improve accuracy. In an effort to do this, the inventor added a “sighting line” for proper alignment to the goal.
- This invention may be used a little more today than it has in the past couple of months.
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