It has been a wonderful year at the Akron, OH PTRC! We continue to teach 2 monthly programs…Introduction to Intellectual Property and Introduction to Patents and Patent Searching. We seem to have had an increase in attendance these last few months, which has truly enriched our programs. I credit this to our local Akron SCORE … Continue reading “Akron, OH”
UMass Amherst PTRC continues to gain traction with the on-campus and off-campus community. Services are provided in-person, over the phone, and through virtual systems. The Patent Pro Se Virtual Assistance Program continues to get some participants and a number of patrons have been referred to the Patent Pro Bono Program of New England. Most notably, interest in the many files of … Continue reading “Amherst, MA”
The Georgia Tech Library became a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), then Patent Depository Library (PDL), in 1946. Lisha Li is the current PTRC Representative, and she has been serving in this capacity since 2010. In 2019, the PTRC Representative continued to offer the monthly patent class. Over 200 people attended these on-site classes. … Continue reading “Atlanta, GA”
This event happened almost a year ago (as I prepare the text) but it is the biggest thing to happen to us in a long time, so I want to be sure and share.McKinney Engineering Library; University of Texas at Austin On 11 March 2019, in conjunction with Austin’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference, Hope … Continue reading “Austin, TX”
Linda Kocis is the Intellectual Property Librarian at the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County. She oversees the Patent & Trademark Resource Center, which is housed in the Information & Reference Department at the Main Library in downtown Cincinnati. In addition to courses in patent and trademark searching, Linda meets with customers individually to … Continue reading “Cincinnati, OH”
Howdy from the Texas A&M University Business Library & Collaboration Commons, home of the College Station, Texas PTRC since December 22, 1983. I, Jared Hoppenfeld, along with assistance from library staff member Boyd Conerway, are happy to assist students, faculty, and community members with their P&T questions. If our library name sounds new to you, … Continue reading “College Station, TX”
The Paul Laurence Dunbar Library has been a PTRC since 2000. Our PTRC collection is located in the commons area of the main library. Access to PubWEST and PubEAST is through the Information Desk. We established a PTRC only workstation area for more privacy. In 2019, we had 192 requests for intellectual property information through … Continue reading “Dayton, Ohio”
The Highland Heights, Kentucky PTRC at Northern Kentucky University’s Steely Library interacted with nealry 600 customers via face-to-face reference or Zoom virtual reference, college class instruction, campus and community presentations, and workshops. Craig Morris, Managing Attorney for Trademark Educational Outreach at the USPTO, revisited our region on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. He presented a well-received, … Continue reading “Highland Heights, KY”
Greetings and best wishes for everyone’s good health and safety during this coronavirus pandemic. We are currently under a lockdown order until April 30. Located in the Federal Documents Section on the 2nd floor of the Hawaii State Library at 478 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, Honolulu Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) has been serving the Hawaii and … Continue reading “Honolulu, HI”
Houston’s PTRC is located in Fondren Library, Kelley Center for Government Information. It is part of the Federal Depository Library at Rice University. Houston PTRC continues to assist inventors in the Houston area, offering monthly patent searching classes, in addition to one on one lessons by appointment. We held fifteen patent and trademark classes and … Continue reading “Houston, TX”
The New Mexico State University PTRC began to pivot this year to more local and state outreach activities. While we continue to receive calls and emails from across the state, we found that our local participation numbers had decreased from the previous year, which may have to do with a lack of awareness of the … Continue reading “Las Cruces, NM”
My name is Stella Mittelbach and I am the PTRC representative at Los Angeles Public Library’s Central Library on Lower Level 2 in the Science, Technology & Patents Dept. Los Angeles Public Library was among the original 22 PTRCs (then called PTDLs) when the program was established in the 1870s. Since the last PTRC seminar, … Continue reading “Los Angeles, CA”
Morgantown, WV Submitted Founded in 1991, the Evansdale PTRC in Morgantown, WV serves not only our campus’s engineers, agriculturists, and designers, but also health professionals, business students, scientists, young entrepreneurs from West Virginia University, as well as inventors and entrepreneurs throughout the State of West Virginia. Working as a part of WVU’s IDEA Hub, the … Continue reading “Morgantown, WV”
News from Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ I am Connie Wu, Engineering and Patent Information Specialist at Rutgers University in NJ. As the Representative for USPTO’s Patent and Trademark Resources Centers Program, I have been extremely busy with patron trainings, references, database searching and answering AAL and Ref Chat question about IP. Based on reference statistical … Continue reading “Piscataway, NJ”
Hi all. My name is Kate Meddaugh and I am the manager of the Carlson PTRC. We’re located in a large public library in downtown Rochester, in the Business Insight Center. We’ve been a PTRC since 1999. The biggest news here is that last July we formed a new division in our library called the … Continue reading “Rochester, NY”
The University of Utah and the J. Willard Marriott Library have been a PTRC since 1984. With two librarians providing support for the PTRC, we have increased our visibility throughout the state. We have created new promotional materials, increased outreach, and offered more classes.Image 1: Tallie Casucci worked with our graphic design team to create … Continue reading “Salt Lake City, UT”
