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Patent Basics with the USPTO

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Mike Yeomans

Experienced patent examiners from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) visited the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s brand new Big Idea Center for student innovation recently to give a presentation on the patent process, in which they provided an insightful overview of how the patent office works and shared tips on the optimum approach to applying for a patent. 

You weren’t able to make it? That’s OK. We recorded it for you. So if you have a discovery that you want to file patent protection for, check out the presentation, which includes questions from some of the Pitt innovators in attendance.

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Links to the copies of the Powerpoint slides can be found here: “An Intro to Intellectual Property with a Focus on Patents” and “How to File a Stellar Patent Application.”

As always, if you are a Pitt innovator that has any questions about getting started on your commercialization journey, the staff at the Innovation Institute and the other units of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship are ready to help. Contact us at innovate@pitt.edu.

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