The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and our co-sponsor the National Inventors Hall of Fame invites you to attend the 15th Annual Independent Inventors Conference. The Independent Inventors Conference provides an opportunity to learn about patents, trademarks and gather tips from experienced inventors. The conference will be held November 4-5, 2010 in Alexandria, VA, at the USPTO campus.
Register today while space is still available!
A pre-conference workshop (November 3, 2010 from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.) is included with registration for anyone interested in learning patent basics and how they protect inventions. This workshop is for beginners and is a good foundation for the conference.
New this year the USPTO in conjunction with Department of Commerce/NIST is offering a special workshop Friday evening to be held from 4:30-7:00. Attendees must have at least a provisional application pending or a pending or issued non-provisional application to attend. The purpose of the Workshop is (1) to help inventors hone their marketing message and (2) to show inventors how to get their inventions published to the USA National Innovation Marketplace (www.USAinnovation.org) The result will be a market research report complete with annual sales forecast, probability of success, a fair market royalty matrix and more.
The two-day event will include breakout sessions by USPTO experts about patents, patent searching, claim drafting, trademarks, trademark searching, obviousness and tips for seasoned inventors.
A networking reception sponsored by the Intellectual Property Owners Association that provides additional opportunities for attendees to interact with USPTO specialists and subject matter specialists.
Dynamic general sessions ranging in topic from commercializing intellectual property to lessons learned from successful independent inventors will also be offered each day with presentations by:
- David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Bob Stoll, Commissioner for Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Louis Foreman, Inventor, Publisher of Inventors Digest magazine
- Arthur Fry, National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee and co-inventor of Post It® Notes
- Ken Bloemer, Executive Director of Department of Commerce’s National Innovation Marketplace
- Michael Lee, Vice President of the Licensing Executive Society (USA/Canada)
- Warren Tuttle, President of the United Inventors Association and External Product Development of gourmet food & kitchen equipment
- Thom Ruhe, Director of Entrepreneurship for Kauffman Foundation
- George A. Peters, Jr., successful inventor of “The Mitt” and “What Now”
To register for the 15th Annual Independent Inventors Conference, please visit: www.invent.org/iic. More information about the event is available at http://www.uspto.gov/inventors/independent/aiic_main.jsp.
If you have any questions, please contact the Inventors Assistance Program at 571-272-8850.
