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Patent and Trademark Resource Center at Tuskegee University: Events

This guide will assist you in navigating the resources that we provide at Tuskegee University's Library as an official Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC).

The Path to a Patent: Part 5

Are you interested in learning about intellectual property (IP) basics? In part one of this eight-part recurring series, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) experts will:

  • Provide a brief overview of the different types of IP (patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights)
  • Review the patenting process from invention, to application, to issue
  • Cover the requirements for patentability
  • Explain how to determine whether a provisional or nonprovisional application is right for you
  • Discuss how to weigh the costs and benefits of hiring a patent attorney

2025 National Patent Application Drafting Competition

Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium

Are you an innovator, inventor, or entrepreneur looking for inspiration and best practices for commercialization? Register today to attend the Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium program highlighting women innovators who developed products out of necessity from seeing a need not being met in the market. Join us online Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 2-3 p.m. CST. Come learn best practices from women entrepreneurs who have used federal government resources to assist with commercialization of their products. 

World Intellectual Property Day

April 26, 2025

GRAND OPENING!

(More information coming soon.)