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A look back at the highlights of August 2024 |
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An Indian American inventor known for creating a revolutionary dental filling material that improved the way dentists restore teeth, Sumita Mitra used her curiosity and imagination to discover the idea for the material where she least expected it. |
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Curiosity and clusters
Observing the color, texture, imperfections, and composition of the grapes before her, Sumita Mitra saturates her round brush in water, dabs it into violet pigment, and glides it against the watercolor paper using whirlpool motions, emulating clusters of grapes in various sizes.
Putting paintbrush to paper provides Mitra moments of respite from her challenging work in the field of chemistry.
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Matt Nuccio (second from left), president and creative director of toy company Design Edge, has other panelists laughing during Day 1 of the USPTO’s Invention-Con on August 16 at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. From left: Moderator Elizabeth Dougherty, USPTO Eastern Regional Outreach Office director; Raquel Graham, CEO and founder of Roq Innovation; and Asmod Karki, senior associate, FedTech. (Photo by Michael Cleveland/USPTO) |
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Invention-Con 2024
We had a blast meeting all the budding inventors at this year’s Invention-Con! More than 150 people attended in person, and more than 580 people tuned in online, to hear from experts, get tips on IP protection and learn how to develop, fund, and market inventions. Can’t wait to see you next year, innovators!
See the Invention-Con 2024 program page with resources
Announcing a new filing functionality for Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Customers
As part of our efforts to modernize our systems and improve customer experience, we’ve launched the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Center open beta for filing notices of opposition. An opposition is a TTAB proceeding in which a party may challenge the registration of a trademark.
During the form’s open beta period, which we expect to last six months, customers will have the option of filing a notice of opposition using TTAB Center or the existing filing platform, the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA). Customers can then provide us with feedback on their experience and any suggestions for improvements using a blue “feedback” button on the TTAB Center webpage. This feedback will help us strengthen the system and prepare the notice of opposition form for an official launch in spring 2025.
Read the full news brief
Join our Council for Inclusive Innovation
We’re looking for new members to join our Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI²) to implement and advance the National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation and promote innovation for and from all. These leaders will help advise the Secretary of Commerce and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO as we work throughout the innovation ecosystem to foster inventorship and entrepreneurship across the country.
“As we continue to fulfill our mission to meet people where they are and connect them with the resources they need to be successful creators and entrepreneurs, we look to our communities across America to nominate leaders who can advance this work,” said USPTO Director Kathi Vidal.
Send questions and nominations via email to CI2Leadership@uspto.gov by 5 p.m. ET on September 30.
Find all upcoming and past events at https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events.
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Beat it, scammers. We’re on a mission to educate trademark owners to recognize your tricks by watching out for these red flags: View original post on Instagram. |
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 @charli_xcx’s June album “Brat” is surging on the charts, dominating social media, and... spotlighting U.S. innovation. In honor of #bratsummer, here are a few patents that the dance-pop artist name-drops in her lyrics.
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 Thanks to everyone who came out for a Women’s Entrepreneurship discussion with USPTO Director Kathi Vidal. Our panel of experts shared knowledge on taking startups from idea to market, discovering resources to grow their businesses, and more.
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 Can you identify this well-known invention?
> The inventor wanted to make one of “miniature size [...] which will fit inside an ordinary shirt pocket.”
> The invention aimed to consume a minimum of current and use it at maximum efficiency.
> You may not know an emitter resistor from a bias voltage, but if you tune in to this patent, you can still make beautiful music. 
> Today is National ______ Day.
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 With more than 165 patents to her name, Audrey Sherman is already an inspiring and accomplished inventor. But now the scientist and mentor has a new addition to her hall of patents – her own USPTO Inventor Trading Card!
She created adhesives that are used in phone screen protectors, car window tinting, and tapes for dressing wounds – and works with students to inspire the next generation of innovators to follow their own passions for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. Sherman is the latest addition to our growing collection of inventor trading cards.
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