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Rocky Mountain Highs
The Rocky Mountain Office serves Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Inventors in this region have received more than 126,000 patents in the past ten years. Women inventors were named on 21 percent of the total patents, compared to about 13 percent for the United States as a whole.
Ma Wins Prestigious U.S. Award
Ma’s honor recognizes his leadership and dedication in advancing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the patent examination process. He and his team have also helped shape USPTO policies to address AI’s evolving role in intellectual property and innovation.
New TTAB functionality
New TTAB functionality: As part of the USPTO’s efforts to modernize its systems and improve customer experience, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Center open beta has been launched for filing notices of opposition. An opposition is a TTAB proceeding in which a party may challenge the registration of a trademark.
BOOyah!
Every October, the USPTO dives into the patent and trademark archives to find some eerie, spooky, and haunting examples of creepy IP, or intellectual property. This monthlong campaign–known as #CreepyIP–began in 2011 as a fun way to educate the public about the importance of intellectual property by embracing the Halloween spirit.
At the Heart of Invention
She was speaking at the National Summer Teacher Institute, an educational program run by the USPTO. The annual program offers teachers the opportunity to learn more about invention and intellectual property, knowledge they can bring back to the classroom.
Science That Sticks
Audrey Sherman recently became a division scientist in medical disciplines at Solventum, where she creates new technology for cutting-edge health care products. Before that, she held a similar position at 3M until 2016, a history-making 38 year span at the American multinational conglomerate.
A Google ‘Bulldoze’?
Gemini Data, Inc., an AI software company, has sued Google, LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for trademark infringement, alleging that the rebranding of Google’s AI chatbot from BARD to GEMINI represents a “calculated decision to bulldoze over Gemini Data’s exclusive rights without hesitation.”
Skyted
In cooperation with Airbus, ONERA and ESA (European Space Agency), Skyted Silent Mask was designed to use jet engine-dampening technology to muffle the wearer’s voice by up to 80 percent in crowded spaces. Your voice is absorbed and doesn’t go out, and external environment doesn’t come in while the wearer has open-air ventilation.
Market Research, or Marketing Research?
Knowing the difference is crucial for identifying your market and acting on it. Market research has a limited scope, studying only market and consumer behavior. Marketing research has a wide scope, studying the entire marketing process as well as the market itself.
LaserPecker LP4
Billed as the world’s first dual-laser engraver for almost all materials, this portable device can create meaningful artworks, start small businesses and bring artisan ideas to life.
MOFT Snap Flow
MOFT calls itself “a minimalist focus tool with pen, paper, organizer, and stand to capture ideas” that fits on the back of your phone without your having to open it.