2024 Message from the Program Office

The 2024 Message from the Program Office is available here.

2024 President’s Report

The 2024 President’s report is available here.

2024 Business Meeting Minutes – draft

The Business Meeting minutes for 2024 are available here.
To be approved or revised at the Business Meeting in April

2024 Treasurer’s Report

The treasurer’s report for 2024 is available here.

Committees 2024-2025

Standing Committees

Bylaws Committee
Charge: Review the PTRCA bylaws and recommend language for updates; coordinate with the PTRCA webmaster to ensure that the most recent bylaws are on the website.

Denise Wetzel, University Park, PA, [email protected] (CHAIR)
Hannah Edlund, Houston, TX, [email protected]
Sarah Weiss, College Park, MD, [email protected]

Conferences Committee
Charge: Assists PTRCP representatives with the planning of presentations and programs for local, state, and national Conferences. Continue reading

Commercial Patent Database Vendors

Commercial patent database vendors that provide patent data with value added features and analytic tools include:

Clarivate Derwent

Derwent World Patent Index (DWPI) patent families ensure you don’t encounter duplicate inventions. The invention-based records allow you to see the full global protection for a single invention, instead of one record per patent – saving you valuable research time.

Derwent Patent Citation Index (DPCI) provides an invention-level view of patent and literature citations, Continue reading

2019-2020 President’s Report

PTRCA President’s Report, 2019-2020

Jared Hoppenfeld, College Station, TX

When I was originally asked to run for VP/President of PTRCA, I asked about the time commitment.  Past presidents told me what was involved and that the time required was minimal.  When you take on this type of leadership role, you hope that things will run smoothly.  I was grateful to be elected to this position and looked forward to the year ahead.  Continue reading

News from the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program (PTRCP) April 2019

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News from the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program (PTRCP) Office

In the past year, PTRCP has gone through staff changes and has strengthened the support we provide for PTRC outreach. Librarian Tiffany Mair and Administrative Support Assistant Anthony Wilkinson both left PTRCP (Anthony is still with USPTO but in a new position as a Customer Service Specialist). Chris Kitchens retired in May 2018 after many years of service to the USPTO and PTRCP. Continue reading

2018-2019 President’s Report

President’s Report, 2018-2019

Dave Zwicky, West Lafayette, IN

Probably the biggest event of this year was the retirement of Chris Kitchens, Director of the Public Search Services Division and former head of the PTRC Program, from the USPTO on May 25th.  Chris has been an important part of this organization for a long time and, even though her presence continues to be felt, will be much missed.

In other news, Continue reading