Single mother and secretary Bette Nesmith Graham conquered fear to create a revolutionary office invention. Her lifelong passion for the arts—combined with a healthy dose of perseverance—saved her career.
The stately portrait of Elijah J. McCoy—a Canadian-American engineer of African-American descent who invented lubrication systems for steam engines—stands proudly at the first regional office in the history of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Meeting with leaders of world’s 5 largest IP offices focused on sustainable innovation, net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Our work ties directly into the U.S. administration’s priority to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
In support of its initiatives to expand inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship to grow jobs and improve lives, the USPTO announced the renaming of its Edison Visiting Scholars Program after Dr. Marian Rogers Croak.
Enter the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Its Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2) First-Time Filer Expedited Examination Pilot Program improves access to the patent application process for participants filing nonprovisional patent applications for the first time.
This event led by Commerce Department and USPTO provides information to help veterans start businesses. More than 100 military personnel, military spouses, and veterans attended in-person—with hundreds more online—as they heard from experts in business development and intellectual property.
Daughter of Gatorade inventor continues in father’s footsteps with Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention. This began with a lifelong journey of what Phoebe calls “inventivity”—a combination of invention and creativity.
When a collaboration goes wrong: A look at rare derivation proceedings before the PTAB. If you as an inventor find yourself in this situation, what can you do?
On the morning of September 20, 2017, as the roar of Hurricane Maria gave way to an ominous silence under an overcast sky, Vanessa Carballido Clerch and her parents made their way down a residential street in Guaynabo, a suburb of San Juan, Puerto Rico, back to the home they had evacuated in the middle of the night.
To get a patent, an inventor must file a patent application at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This article explains the patent process in general, what actions you can take, and how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) may figure into the process.
We’ve come a long way from the first U.S. design patent, which did not even involve a drawing. According to USPTO projections, the 1 millionth U.S. design patent may potentially be issued in October of this year.
Patent claims capture the scope of an invention and define the meets-and-bounds of protection available for the invention. A patent’s written description describes the invention and informs the meaning of the terms used in the patent claims. The USPTO interprets the meaning of words in the claims by referring primarily to the written description—and, on occasion, to other sources.