https://www.uspto.gov/blog/patent-pendency-goals-road-map-future Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. Acting Director Derrick Brent speaks before signing a collective bargaining agreement between the USPTO and National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 243 at the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, on... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/trademark-center-new-way-apply-register-your-trademark Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. A photo illustration of the starting page of the USPTO’s new Trademark Center, as depicted on a computer monitor. (Gabriella McNevin/USPTO) We recently shared that on January 18, 2025,... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/quality-us-patents-drive-our-economy-and-solve-world-problems Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. USPTO Director Kathi Vidal and Deputy Director Derrick Brent speak on July 18, 2024, at an agencywide town hall in the Clara Barton Auditorium at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria,... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/advancing-aias-goal-strengthen-us-ip-system Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. Surrounded by lawmakers, officials, and students, President Barack Obama signs into law the AIA at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, on September 16,... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/giving-thanks-our-inventors Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. Educators Patty Lipka of the Cade Museum and the USPTO’s Reggie Duncan make Oobleck out of corn starch. (Screenshot by USPTO) If you’ve ever helped cook a delicious Thanksgiving... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/changing-world-through-innovation-celebrating-and-empowering-people-disabilities Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. A young Camp Invention participant shows Dr. Robert Bryant, a prolific inventor and NASA scientist with a visual disability, a miniature finger-board skate park that she designed, engineered, and... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/military-service-uspto-and-back Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. Major Kayley Squire as an aide-de-camp during her service in the U.S. Air Force. (Photo courtesy of Kayley Squire) Major Kayley Squire, an Air Force strategic policy fellow and... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/update-uspto-response-crowdstrike-it-outage Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. USPTO technical staff assist employees affected by the IT outage. (Photo by Michael Connor/USPTO) On behalf of the USPTO, I want to express our gratitude for your patience while... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/celebrating-25-years-usptos-public-advisory-committees Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. 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... Continue reading
https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ai-and-inventorship-guidance-incentivizing Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United States Patent & Trademark Office as permitted under their Terms of Use. Today, based on the exceptional public feedback we’ve received, we announced our Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions in the Federal Register. The guidance, which is effective on February 13,... Continue reading