25 recipients named for National Medal of Technology and Innovation, National Medal of Science

Nationally acclaimed scientist, researcher, AI expert Ayanna Howard honored with USPTO trading card

100 Years Ago, George Washington Carver Received a Patent for a ‘Vanishing Cream’

USPTO, NASA AGREEMENT: The Department of Commerce’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) have announced a collaboration via a memorandum of understanding to promote and advance innovation through technology transfer and commercialization opportunities. Under the agreement, the USPTO and STMD will issue a joint study focusing on intellectual property (IP) management alongside technology transfer best practices and lessons learned. Their research will

USPTO honors global energy innovators with first Trademarks for Humanity awards, Patents for Humanity winners

Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program reaches historic milestone

Daniel Modricker was appointed director of the USPTO’s Northern New England Community Outreach Office

What’s Next The popular Trademark Basics Boot Camp returns on January 7—a free, virtual USPTO event series that provides a comprehensive overview of the process for federal trademark registration and maintaining a federal trademark. The boot camp is offered regularly throughout the year. The series covers one module weekly for eight weeks, each focusing on different aspects of trademarks and the registration process, from filing and examination to post-registration requirements for keeping your registration alive.

USPTO-led discussion highlights American games’ colorful history while providing guidance on IP and challenges for inventors  The joy of opening a lovingly wrapped game of Monopoly or Scrabble is an enduring holiday memory. It’s also an ongoing constant—part of a robust tabletop games market that offers great rewards and risks for inventors. According to Allied Market Research, the global tabletop market was most recently valued at $2.5 billion in 2021 and projected to reach $4.1

First National Disability Leadership Summit echoes inspirational stories from USPTO  BY DERRICK BRENT  The USPTO is here to help all creators transform their innovative ideas into products and services that benefit society and grow the U.S. economy. Our focus on inclusive innovation is to help innovators from all backgrounds, including the 29 percent of American adults with disabilities. Through key projects and initiatives, including our recently released National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation, we are working

Kathi Vidal thanks USPTO colleagues for accomplishments during her tenure as director

JOURNEYS OF INNOVATION J. Kevin White brings practical solutions to communities that lack basic eye health care  BY WHITNEY PANDIL-EATON Accompanied by his wife, Rebecca, and two teenage sons, military veteran and inventor Kevin White traveled some 7,000 miles by plane from Maryland to Namibia and then drove hours more through the rugged, baked Namib desert of Namibia to test the vision diagnostic equipment he had spent more than a decade perfecting and to ask