Your USPTO
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Your USPTO: Rising to the COVID Challenge
It’s a privilege to announce the five winners of the USPTO’s Patents for Humanity: COVID-19 category competition. The awards recognize these innovators for their rapid response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through game-changing technologies.
American Inventors
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When Was the 3 Millionth Patent Granted?
U.S. Patent No. 3,000,000 was granted to Dr. Kenneth R. Eldredge of Palo Alto, California, for an automatic reading system for utilities.
Eye On Washington
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Agreeing—in Principle
Pending new USPTO director writes that she backs the notion of revised patent eligibility guidance
Inventing 101
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Moving at the Right Pace
Some inventors move way too fast to market, overlooking key considerations that could help them succeed or prevent them from wasting a lot of money. Some inventors move too slowly, paralyzed from too much analysis, and fail to move on their idea when it has a chance to succeed.
Lander Zone
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The Language (and Vision) of Inventing
The inventor’s language, as I think of it, is a vision of form as well as sounds and their symbolic equivalents.
Marketing Tips
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The Art of the Newsjack
Great publicists will always be looking for things in the news that make your product or invention reportable.
Bright Ideas
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A Mechanical Puzzle and More
The makers of the Tetra Puzzle say “It's a captivating and mysterious challenge to understand and unlock. It activates your spatial reasoning and manual dexterity skills in a way that's immersive and deeply engaging.”
Time Tested
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Super Forever
Made by accident, the Super Ball was an unlikely cultural phenomenon in the 1960s.
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