2024 - Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association

Washington, D.C.

Howard University
Submitted by: Adia Coleman

PTRC is located in the School of Business Library.
Adia Coleman has been the PTRC rep for 16 years and has taken a new position in the Office of Research.
Mr. Qaddafi Sabree, who is a Trademark Owner himself, will be the new rep going forward!!

Our PTRC is one of several centers under the PNC Bank National Foundation for Entrepreneurship.
This nationwide program selected Howard University to be both the national headquarters and also one of the four regional centers to assist other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with entrepreneurial endeavors.

Purdue University
Submitted by: Dave Zwicky

We hosted an event with NASA, NAVSEA, the Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC), and the USPTO’s Midwest Regional Office.

Wichita State University
Submitted by: Jessica Pierpoint

Participated in Entrepreneurship Research Lunch and Learn Series.
Created a new contact bookmark and mini-banner for table events and workshops.
Invited to be a part of an SBDC event at Johnson County Community College (Overland Park) with our USPTO Rocky Mountain Regional Office:
- Discussion of what local PTRC offers
Invited to be part of their local SBIR Road Tour event that stopped through Wichita State University:
- Tabling PTRC resources and sharing in round table session on how.