Invited presentation, “Perspectives from the USA”, PATLIB Conference, May 16, 2007, Seville, Spain

Authors

Virginia A. Baldwin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

May 2007

Document Type

Article

Comments

Presented at PATLIB Conference, May 16, 2007, Seville, Spain. Copyright (c) 2007 Virginia Baldwin.

Abstract

To give conference attendess of patent librarians from all over Europe an overview of patent and trademark organization characteristics in the United States. Included were details about:

1. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program (PTDLP)
2. Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association (PTDLA)
3. PTDLA Goals and Objectives – responding to the USPTO “2007-2012 Strategic Plan”
4. Patent Statistics
5. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Office of Technology Development and “Tech Transfer”