inventors

“Inclusive” is the key word in the newly branded Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2). The council—consisting of a who’s who from sectors including the federal government, academia, industry, intellectual property associations and nonprofits—will be chaired by United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. The USPTO is an agency of the Department of Commerce.

The two soft drink behemoths exemplify the early years of what historians call the “mass consumer culture,” displayed via a beautiful collection of commercial labels and advertisements at the Library of Congress that came from the then-United States Patent Office.