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Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association

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Detroit, MI

Detroit Public Library
Submitted by: Mary Kordyban

  • PTRC Reference maintained throughout pandemic. Services were moved to the Social Science, Education and Religion Department, as most of our building is not open
  • Program: DPL Business Author Series, Warren Tuttle, Author of Inventor Confidential, The Honest Guide to Profitable Inventing
  • Monthly meetings: Inventors Association of Metro Detroit and Inventors Council of Mid-Michigan
  • We’ve learned that our PTRC customers don’t like to have reference questions over Zoom. They prefer phone or in-person service.

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  • Best Practices
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  • Esther Crawford PTRCA Distinguished Service Award (DSA)
  • Online Resources
  • Contact PTRCA

2022 Journal Articles

  • PTRC Customer Assessment Survey and Best Practices
    John Schlipp, Georgia Southern University and Christian Sheehy, Northern Kentucky University
  • Patents and Market Research: Librarians Partnering to Assist Bioengineering Senior Design Teams
    Jennifer L. Groff, Clemson University and Meredith Futral, Clemson University

News Feeds from PTRC Librarians

  • Women Inventors of 1990s Rice
  • Pi Day Inventions
  • Rice's European Patents
  • Patents of Love: Valentine's Day Post
  • My AI Replacement: Coming Soon?

Latest additions to the Directory of American Tool and Machinery Patents (DATAMP)

  • US Patent: 1,165,859
  • US Patent: 1,227,533
  • US Patent: 1,212,743
  • US Patent: 2,120,622
  • US Patent: 382,670

  • Our Mission
  • Best Practices
  • Bylaws
  • Officers
  • Committees
  • PTRCA Journal
  • Resolutions
  • Esther Crawford PTRCA Distinguished Service Award (DSA)
  • Online Resources
  • Contact PTRCA