Ptrcp overview and info

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Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program

Jon R. Cavicchi, J.D., LL.M. (IP)Professor & Intellectual Property Librarian

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Alphabet Soup

USPTO PTRCP PTRC PTDLA (and don’t forget PubWEST,

EFS,…)

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USPTO Mission

Administer laws relating to patents and trademarks;

Advise the Secretary of Commerce, the

President of the United States, and the Administration on patent, trademark, and copyright protection; and on trade-related aspects of intellectual property.

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USPTO Business

Examine patent applications and grant patents;

Examine trademark applications and register trademarks;

Disseminate information about patents and trademarks.

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What is a PTRC?

Authorized under 35 USC 12. A library officially designated by the USPTO

to receive and maintain a collection of US. patent and trademark documents for public use.

$50.00 annual statutory fee.

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Selected Milestones of PTRCP

1871 - Printed patents offered to libraries on a depository basis.

1977 - 1st Patent Depository Conference (22 PDLs)

1982 - CASSIS on-line is started.

1990 - PDLP becomes PTDLP.

2000 - Complete backfile of patents provided on DVD-ROM.

2003 – PubWEST introduced to the PTDLs

2004 - Move to Alexandria.

2007 – COMMONS available to PTDLs

2011 - PTDL Program becomes PTRC Program

2011 – CASSIS Products discontinued as information is now fully available on-line.

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Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program

•Over 80 Libraries located in 45 States, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia

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PTRCP Services

Train PTRC staff Annual training Seminar for PTRCs Serve as liaison between PTRCs and the

USPTO Market PTRC services and standards

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PTRCP Services (Cont.)

•E-Mail access to USTPO for PTRCs serve different functions and needs

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[email protected]

This only goes to our office, and is not shared with other PTRC reps.

Recommended for specific questions or start-up questions. E.g., “I couldn’t find an image for patent no. 123”

or “Remind me how you access PTRCP Commons.”

This account is always checked.

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[email protected]

Use when you need to share your questions with all of the other PTRC representatives

E.g., questions that everyone can benefit from other’s experiences “I’m planning a public program on patent

searching, and I would like some advice on getting a good turnout.”

This account is always checked.

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PTRCP Commons

A web-based application through which PTRC Librarians and library staff can download: PTRC Program Information Forms Handouts

Accessed via a PTRC SecureID website www.uspto.gov/ptdl.

See handout for further accessing instructions and content.

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Your secret help number • Option 1, USPTO general

help

• Option 2, PTRC Program office

• Option 3, equipment support

• Option 4, PubWest search help

OPTIONTWO

PTDLP Office


1-800-435 -7735

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ALL OTHER USPTO CUSTOMERS

Denver Patron

Albany

Patron

Los AngelesPatron


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Need Inventors Assistance Center, Just Ask… 800-PTO-9199 same as 800 786-9199 571 272-1000 (toll call)

1. First customer hears a Recorded Menu

2. Next, wait for a customer service call representative; if they can’t answer the question, ask for…

3. Inventors Assistance Center—staffed by former patent examiners.

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Need Brochures? Plan Ahead


Support PTRC public seminars and programs

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Provide technical and research assistance

Develop educational materials

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PTRCP NUMBERED MEMOS ANDE-MAILS

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FOR THE PTRCP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM!

Fellowship program

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PTRC Service Standards

To be designated a Patent and Trademark Resource Center, a library must fulfill the following requirements:

Assist the public in the efficient use of patent and trademark information resources.

Provide free access to patent and trademark resources provided by the USPTO.

Provide metrics on the use of patent and trademark services provided by the member library as stipulated by USPTO.

Provide metrics on outreach efforts conducted by the member library as stipulated by USPTO.

Send representatives to attend the USPTO-hosted PTRC training seminars generally held on an annual basis.

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PTRC Policy on USPTO publications

Save all Publications (no matter the format) sent to you as a PTRC by the USPTO.

If you received USPTO (or earlier Patent Office) publications prior to becoming a depository, we encourage you to keep those as well.

Less used materials may be kept remotely, if access is provided.

Questions on publications? Give us a call.

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PTRC Core Collection

U.S. Patent and Trademark Documents Official Gazette and other USPTO reports,

manuals, handbooks On-line search tools Video tapes Non-USPTO publications from EPO, JPO,

WIPO, etc.

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Types of PTRCService Point Departments Patents Science/Technology Law Government Documents Engineering/Physical Sciences Business

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PTRC Services

Focal point for I.P. information dissemination Professional Expertise Assistance with preliminary patent and trademark

searching Liaison for inventor groups Information on patent attorneys and agents

registered to practice before the USPTO

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Role of the PTRC Representative Focal point for communication between the

PTRC and USPTO Focal point for communication between your

customers and USPTO

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Users of PTRCs

Inventors Small and medium sized business owners Attorneys Patent Professionals Student/Faculty Researchers/Engineers Information Brokers Historians Genealogists

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USPTO Web Site: www.uspto.gov PTRCP maintains its own web pages

www.uspto.gov/ptrc All PTRCs are linked from the PTRCP web

page Many PTRCs maintain sites dedicated to I.P.

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Thank You

Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) Program

United States Patent & Trademark Office

600 Dulany Street, Madison West 4A20

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Phone: (571)272-5750

Fax:(571) 273-0088