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24 unusual facts about United States Patent and Trademark Office


Aloud

Paperwork submitted by Bodin and Louis to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (SN: 76580505) is open to the public and can be viewed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Anson Williams

He founded Starmaker Products, a cosmetics company, and was a featured speaker at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's National Trademark Expo in April 2008, at which he talked about the importance of registered trademarks for small businesses (and signed autographs for Happy Days fans).

BDORT

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected the initial BDORT patent application as 'too unbelievable to be true'.

Boyers, Pennsylvania

The United States Patent and Trademark Office stores original records in an underground storage facility in Boyers.

Carcannon

In 2009, US Fed News reported that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the trademark “New Vehicle Pre-Delivery Service Inspections” (Reg. No. 3726917, Trademark application serial number 77784580) to Carcannon.

Derby pie

In 1969 they trademarked the name Derby Pie to both the state government of Kentucky and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

On April 28, 2008, it was reported that Square Enix has applied for the trademark "The Realms of Reverie" at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, leading to speculation that it was the localized title for this game.

EFax

On March 15, 2011, j2 Global, Inc. obtained a US trademark granting the company exclusive rights for use of the term "eFax" in connection with Internet faxing services.

Elisha Foote

In 1864 he was appointed to the board of appeals at the U. S. Patent Office.

Jean Kasem

She holds 12 patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, all pertaining to crib and canopy design, developed for her crib business, Little Miss Liberty Round Crib Company.

Jesse R. Langley

In 1912, he was employed as an assistant examiner at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C..

John J. Roane

Roane was a clerk in the United States Patent Office from 1836 to 1851 and a special agent for the United States Treasury Department from 1855 to 1867.

Jon Dudas

Jonathan W. Dudas served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) until January 18, 2009.

Karl Nessler

In April 1919, his improved Hair Curler was filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Lawrence Herkimer

As part of an effort to provide a visually appealing device for cheerleaders, given the advent of color television, his pom-pon with a hidden handle was granted patent 3,560,313 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1971.

Makoto Nakajima

While serving in the role of commissioner, Nakajima entered into new agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other patent offices for the Patent Prosecution Highway, a set of rules for fast-tracking patents by sharing information between patent offices in different countries.

Michelle K. Lee

Michelle K. Lee is the head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as of 2014.

Montelukast

The United States Patent and Trademark Office launched a reexamination of the patent covering Singulair on May 28, 2009.

Navdanya

On Aug 14th 2001 Navdanya achieved another victory against biopiracy and patent on life when the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) revoked a large section of the patent on Indian Basmati rice by the US corporations RiceTec Inc.

OtterBox

Otterbox products are also covered by multiple trademarks awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and by other countries.

Peter Detkin

He is a member of the bars of California and New York, and licensed to represent inventors before the U.S. Patent Office.

Teresa Stanek Rea

Teresa Stanek Rea is the former Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and former Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Trilogy Time

Barney writes a letter to the United States Patent and Trademark Office applying for a patent for his 'invention' of "Back Boobs".

U.S. Patent No. 1

Each player's goal is to assemble a complete time machine (four components required), and travel back to the day the U.S. Patent Office opened so as to secure the first patent issued for their efforts.


Albin Francisco Schoepf

Befriended by Joseph Holt, Schoepf served as a clerk first in the U.S. Coastal Survey and later in the U.S. Patent Office and the War Department (working under Holt).

Brentwood, Maryland

Brentwood was created by Wallace A. Bartlett, a Civil War veteran, former foreman for the Government Printing Office, Patent Office examiner, and inventor originally from Warsaw, New York.

Charactron

Charactron was a U.S. registered trademark (number 0585950, 23 February 1954) of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair) for its shaped electron beam cathode ray tube.

Consumer Watchdog

It also alleged that Google's influence with the Obama Administration, the US Department of Homeland Security, Federal Communications Commission, NASA, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the US Department of Defense, and the US National Security Agency has helped shield Google, and caused what they described as insufficient Federal government action on Google’s Wi-Fi privacy infringements.

North Brentwood, Maryland

"Brentwood" was created by Wallace A. Bartlett, a Civil War veteran, former foreman for the Government Printing Office, Patent Office examiner, and inventor originally from Warsaw, New York.