PTRC News for 2013

Established in 1870, the Saint Louis Public Library (SLPL) was one of the first twenty-two libraries that were known as a: “Patent and Trademark Depository Library”. Between 1987-1988, Linda Terhune was the 3rd PDL Fellowship Librarian. Carol Giles-Straight, was the 12th Fellowship Librarian from 1996-1997. In 1989, the Saint Louis Public Library received a CASSIS computer as part of a pilot study with the USPTO. This CASSIS computer was located in our Business, Science, and Technology Department in our Central Library until June 2010, Continue reading

In 2012 the PTRC in University Park at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries increased its collaboration with the Smeal College of Business and again hosted representatives from the USPTO. In September Mr. Craig Morris, Managing Attorney for Trademark Outreach, visited us to present the USPTO’s Trademark Educational Outreach Program to an audience of business, engineering, and entrepreneurial students. John Meier, the PTRC librarian, was invited to over a dozen classes to speak on intellectual property issues with special focus on the America Invents Act (AIA). Continue reading