Your USPTO
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Your USPTO: Invention-Con Goes Young
At 15, Gitanjali Rao has already given so much to this world. Now it was time for her to receive a surprise gift.
American Inventors
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Benjamin Waterhouse and Samuel Mullikin
Benjamin Waterhouse was the first successful practitioner of a vaccination for smallpox in the United States, and Samuel Mullikin became the first inventor to hold multiple U.S. patents when he was granted patents 7-10.
Eye On Washington
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Revisiting an IDEA
U.S. Reps. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), along with U.S. Sens. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), have reintroduced the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act (IDEA Act) before Congress.
Inventing 101
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Your Challenge: Be Doubly Perfect
It’s hard enough for inventors to come up with a product or service that is a perfect fit for consumers. But satisfying the needs of potential investors adds to the challenge.
Inventiveness
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The Baby Saver
IoT Corner Plans to stage an augmented reality launch of the new Williams Formula 1 race car for...
Lander Zone
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Common Goal
Inventors create a product and search for a market. For entrepreneurs, a gap in the market is more important than the product.
Marketing Tips
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Crowdfunding Tips and Tricks
Planning your crowdfunding campaign is the most important step. Ideally, you’re better off starting 3-4 months out with pre-launch activities. Even longer doesn’t hurt.
Bright Ideas
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Thinking Eggs & More
“A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.”
Time Tested
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Talk About Historic
Marty Cooper, “Father of the Cellphone,” is credited with one of the most impactful inventions ever.
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