YOUR USPTO

Free? Aye, Matey
February 13, 2025
Mickey Mouse has company: The earliest Popeye has timed out into the public domain BY REID CREAGER

10 Questions With … James Howard
February 13, 2025
Educator, industrial design expert and multi-patented inventor discusses the Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum, slated to open in late 2027 BY EDITH G. TOLCHIN

National Inventors Hall of Fame to Induct 17
February 13, 2025
National Inventors Hall of Fame to Induct 17 Medical-related devices and processes prominent among 9 active honorees

Sticky Distinction
February 12, 2025
Louisiana can claim cotton candy—sort of—as a highlight among its well-known inventions BY REID CREAGER

New Acting Director for USPTO
January 30, 2025
IP veteran and litigator Coke Morgan Stewart sworn in 1 minute after Trump takes office BY GENE QUINN

White House Honors America’s Best
January 30, 2025
25 recipients named for National Medal of Technology and Innovation, National Medal of Science