2025 - Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association

Columbus, Ohio

The Ohio State University
Submitted by: Ash Faulkner

Ash E. Faulkner Business & Economics Librarian

Florian Diekmann Food, Agricultural & Environmental Science Librarian

Patricia Verdines Engineering Librarian

Megan Powell Physical Sciences Librarian

Completed a full year of service this Spring 2025
Developed collaborations across campus with:
- Research Commons
- Innovation Centers
- Entrepreneurship Centers
Developed collaborations with the Columbus Metropolitan Library to deliver:
- Presentations on Intellectual Property
- Patent and Trademark Bootcamps
Develop collaborations with strategic partners in Ohio:
- Columbus Chamber of Commerce
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Latino
- Other PTRCs in Ohio

Concord, NH

University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce
Submitted by: Jon Cavicchi

Jon Cavicchi

Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University (OSU)
Submitted by: David Irvin

Oregon State University Library is excited to have received PTRC designation on Nov. 27, 2024
We are developing procedures, Web content, and a community of practice (COP) throughout spring and summer of 2025
The COP includes members from several library departments from main campus and another branch campus of OSU, including: the engineering, data management, scholarly communications, and business librarians; Research and Learning department head; and the director of Cascades Library.

Davenport, IA

Davenport Public Library
Submitted by: Bill Fuhr

In the Fall of 2024, we spoke to Pleasant Valley High School Engineering Class about patent research resources.
Their student team won the Make48 (Corteva) Design Challenge by designing a solution to corn seed planting orientation.
The comments said they won in large part because of their problem identification.

Student team at the Make48 (Corteva) Design Challenge

Detroit, MI

Detroit Public Library
Submitted by: Jessica Bostian

Jessica Bostian has officially taken over as PTRC representative from Mary Kordyban
Christopher Bloodworth continues to undergo PTRC training to assist with IP appointments and on-site expertise
DPL is seeing a fairly steady stream of patrons interested in IP, and our appointments for one-on-one sessions have been increasing Jessica Bostian

Jessica Bostian

The second floor of our department has reopened after years of closure,

Fairbanks, AK

Geophysical Institute – Mather Library
Submitted by: David Park

Julie Mason and Steve Koziol of the USPTO Western Regional Office, gave presentations on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus and the Morris Thompson Visitor Center for the community
2025 Mariculture Conference in February 2025
- I gave an IP presentation followed by a rapid innovation sprint in a 2-hour ideation event at the conference
- UAF and the PTRC had a conference booth, and saw over 200 Alaskans involved in the mariculture space

I manned a USPTO and PTRC table for “Full STEAM Ahead Activity Fair” Continue reading

Flagstaff, AZ

Northern Arizona University – Cline Library
Submitted by: Bridget Wipf

Cline Library became the 93rd PTRC in the summer of 2024
We hosted a grand opening in October 2024
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collection includes print copies and ebooks. We swap out the featured books and Patent Trading Cards to highlight different themes each month

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Broward County Library
Submitted by: - Eileen Fischlschweiger

Broward County Library celebrated its 50th anniversary and the Broward County Main Library and the Fort Lauderdale PTRC celebrated their 40th.
In May 2024, Eileen created a book display for National Inventors’ Month using attractive signage. She also created a popular self-directed passive program in conjunction with the book display titled “Celebrate ‘May the Fourth’ During National Inventors’ Month by Coloring Your Favorite Star Wars Design Patents,” featuring 12 different Star Wars themed design patents for coloring.

Honolulu, HI

Hawaii State Library
Submitted by: Emily Dovermann

Staffing Change: We welcomed Kevin Allen as Patent and Trademark Librarian and Jerome Nicolas as U.S. Government Information Librarian. Both come with extensive librarian experience. Jerome has since transitioned to lead our Serials Section. Additionally, our Library Assistant, Emelinda Casco, has officially taken on the role as our library’s permanent Administrative Secretary.
In September, Jerome and Kevin participated in the Hawaii Pacific University Student Resource Fair for outreach.
The Ornamental Patents Coloring and Christmas Tree Decorating Activity program was offered again in December.

Houston, TX

Rice University
Submitted by: Hannah Edlund

We were honored to host the PTAB Ex Parte Appeal Roadshow in December.
- We worked with HIPLA (Houston Intellectual Property Law Association) and welcomed dozens of people to both the program and a networking cocktail session afterwards
- The event was featured in Rice News https://news.rice.edu/news/2024/rice-welcomes-opening-patent-appeal-roadshow-offering-rare-insights-patent-judges
Hannah worked with a few classes of Rice students throughout the year, teaching them about IP and how to search for patents
In March,

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis – Marion County Public Library
Submitted by: Ryan Donnelly

Patrons assisted since the last seminar: Patents – 16, Trademarks –
September 2024 Small Business and Intellectual Property Legal Clinic presented by the Indianapolis Bar Association: 12 patrons participated in the clinic
September 2024 Intellectual Property Masterclass Presentation for Entrepreneurs given by Indianapolis Bar Association attorneys: 27 attendees

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa
Submitted by: Kari Kozak

Law Student Presentation on Ethics in Product Liability: A Whistleblowing Case Study: 42 people attended
Taught over 8 sections of introduction to patents and trademarks to students in engineering, business, and history.
Featuring an assignment for History of Technology where the students had to find a patent for an electronic device from between 1850-1940s

Mini Golf Design Challenge – over 83 people participated in 14 build teams with over 200 attendees to the event
Midwest Region visit &

Kansas City, MO

Linda Hall Library
Submitted by: Kim Carter

St. Teresa’s Day (January 2025)
- 130 students and educators from St. Teresa’s Academy visit LHL in preparation for the Kansas City Invention Convention (KCIC) in April 2025.
- The event takes a “speed-dating” format: each group of twenty students rotate visits between three stations for 30-35 minutes each.
- Kim updated the PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS research guide for STA Day.
- Sophia used print materials (government documents,

Las Vegas, NV

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Submitted by: Patrick Griffis and Youngwoo Ban

Co-sponsored World IP Day event
Exhibitor booth at Las Vegas Small Business Expo
Workshops on patentability searching for UNLV Engineering senior design competition course
Beginners’ Idea Bridge (BIB) Workshop Series for university students
Workshops on intellectual property basics with Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Ask an IP Attorney event
Hired a graduate student assistant part time to support the PTRC Youngwoo Ban at the Las Vegas

Las Vegas World IP Day event

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Public Library
Submitted by: Stella Mittelbach

“No Prior Art” exhibit on view at Central Library featuring patent models, plant patents, and art inspired by invention (Sept. 14, 2024-May
“No Prior Art” series launches scores of programs on tinkering, robotics, and other topics throughout Los Angeles Public Library system
Over 2,000 people attended Inventors Day, December 7, 2024 featuring talks by patent attorneys and prominent inventor of toys
PTRC Librarian and Library Foundation create program kit based on game show,

Madison, WI

University of Wisconsin – Madison
Submitted by: Dave Bloom

Added to our slate of engineering courses with dedicated patent sessions (including a required biomedical engineering undergrad course and a PhD seminar on engineering and legal issues)
Revised our patent instruction to include activities on prior art searching and claims analysis
Updated our Introduction to Intellectual Property micro-course with new lesson on NDAs, non-competes, and other restrictive covenants
Tabled at entrepreneur networking event at Madison Area Technical College
Created video for campus entrepreneurship program on using Lens.org to find potential collaborators via patents and scholarly articles