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Icon for www.smithsonianmag.comSmithsonian Magazine · 13d

The Remarkable Effort to Locate America’s Lost Patents

A horrified crowd assembled outside Blodget’s Hotel, where the U.S. Patent Office shared space with the Post Office, and the sun rose on December 15, 1836, to find the entirety of the nation’s ...
Android Headlines on MSN.com · 20d

New Google patent might make finding that lost webpage easier

Summary: Google has filed for a new patent that describes a system that can search a user’s personal browsing history and emails to find specific information. Queries using this system could be interpreted as text or voice.
Icon for phys.orgPhys.org · 8d

US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows

Big names such as Stanford and the University of California system lead the pack in patent activity, but hundreds of other universities are also trying to strike gold by monetizing intellectual ...
Icon for www.unr.eduunr.edu · Apr 5, 2022

Patents, commercialization and licensing

The Enterprise & Innovation team is available to assist researchers with protecting intellectual property (IP) – including filing for patents – and finding commercial partners to help bring your novel research into the world. The process may sound ...
Icon for www.smithsonianmag.comSmithsonian Magazine · Feb 15, 2024

The Patents Behind the Roses You Receive on Valentine’s Day

You probably never thought of the perennials as inventions, have you? D. Lawrence Tarazano, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Juliet so famously pleads to Romeo, “A rose by any other name would ...
Icon for www.uwyo.eduUniversity of Wyoming · 14d

UW is One of Top 100 U.S. Universities With Most Patents

The University of Wyoming has once again made the list of the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) top 100 universities in the U.S. with the most patents granted. NAI placed UW at No. 91 on its 2024 “Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted U.S. Utility ...
Reuters · Mar 27, 2025

Best practices for drafting and prosecuting standard-essential patents

Yi Yu and Elliot Cook of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP discuss considerations relating to standard-essential patents (SEPs) and provide tips and strategies for building a SEP portfolio.
Icon for www.acs.orgC&EN · Dec 6, 2022

Committee on Patents and Related Matters

The ACS Committee on Patents and Related Matters (CPRM) is a Joint Board–Council Committee. The committee’s purpose is to support intellectual property through advocacy, education, and awards. Both the Board and the Council call upon CPRM to study ...
Icon for www.moneycontrol.commoneycontrol.com · 5d

World Intellectual Property Day 2025: IIT Madras files 417 Patents in 2024-25

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has filed 417 patents in the 2024-25 financial year, surpassing its target of ‘One Patent a Day’ set by Director Prof. V. Kamakoti.