Independent inventors, who meet certain criteria, are now eligible for a 75% discount on regular patent filing fees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

This patent depository library is proud to acknowledge the recent StarTribune article announcing the Twin Cities and Rochester as the top centers for innovation, based on the number of patents issued in the state. Patent facts and figures and filing research is available anytime from Hennepin County Library.

On March 16, 2013 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will implement a first-inventor-to-file system. The U.S. is the last industrialized country still using the first-to-invent system.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is alerting inventors and trademark owners to be wary of some private companies using official-looking documents to sell unnecessary services.

For the first time ever, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office will allow third parties to participate in the review of pending patent applications.

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