2011 - Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association

Stillwater, OK

Oklahoma State University
Submitted by: Suzanne Reinman

The Oklahoma State University Library has been a Patent and Trademark Depository Library since 1956. We are housed in the main University Library and are part of the Government Documents Department, a regional depository for federal government documents.

Researchers/inventors make appointments with us to work one-on-one, and we have many contacts by phone. Our website includes most of our service information and links to information for inventors at USPTO: http://www.library.okstate.edu/patents/. The How to Conduct a Preliminary U.S. Continue reading

University Park, PA

Pennsylvania State University at University Park
Submitted by: John J. Meier

This year the Pennsylvania State University PTDL at University Park celebrated 30 years as a depository library. There were a number of events to celebrate the occasion. The most significant was a visit by
Tom Turner and Doug Salser traveled to our campus and presented an all day public information session “Researching Patent and Trademark Information” (http://live.psu.edu/story/42328). The program had attendees from as far away as New York City and brought students, faculty, and the community together. Continue reading

Washington, District of Columbia

Howard University, Founders Library
Submitted by: Adia Burriss Coleman

Greetings from the Nation’s Capital,

The Howard University Library System has seen a new wave of advancement with the implementation of a fresh, new agency under the Howard University School of Business. The Entrepreneurial, Leadership, and Innovation Institute (ELI) has been graced with the partnership of The Founders Library, the historical landmark on Howard University’s campus in which the Patent and Trademark Division of the Reference Department is housed since 1986.

This partnership has spawned the “African American Entrepreneurship Lecture Series”, Continue reading