{"id":15241,"date":"2024-09-23T09:56:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15241"},"modified":"2024-09-23T09:56:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:56:57","slug":"frederick-douglass-library-chosen-as-a-patent-and-trademark-center-for-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/frederick-douglass-library-chosen-as-a-patent-and-trademark-center-for-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Frederick Douglass Library chosen as a patent and trademark center for entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Frederick Douglass Library is the Eastern Shore’s only Patent and Trademark Resource Center for entrepreneurs designated by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. UMES is the fifth HBCU designated as a USPTO.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Aspiring entrepreneurs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore \u2013 and in the local community \u2013 now have a place to help them create their next big idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, UMES became the fifth HBCU designated as a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) \u2013 and the only one of its kind on the entire Eastern Shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding the PTRC was a natural progression for UMES\u2019s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the past, we\u2019ve hosted trademark boot camps for entrepreneurs where they can come in with an idea and by the end of the day, be ready to file their trademark application,\u201d said Dr. Pamela Allison, endowed chair of the CEI. \u201cAs we were preparing for a patent boot camp, we were approached with the idea about being a PTRC, and it went from there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PTRCs are part of the U.S. Patent Office\u2019s mission \u201cto locally support intellectual property needs of the public by providing a human touch,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UMES joins three other HBCUs \u2013 Southern University and A&M College, Prairie View A&M, and South Carolina State University \u2013 that received the recognition in the past year. Howard University, which earned the first HBCU designation, has participated in the program since 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UMES\u2019s PTRC will operate out of the Frederick Douglass Library, where library staff will help patrons utilize the resource center to research their proposed patents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharon Brooks<\/strong>, acting director of library services at UMES, said she recognized bringing the PTRC idea to the library was a natural extension of the staff\u2019s roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe knew it would be a plus because of the opportunities offered to the UMES students, faculty, staff, and the community,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cThere\u2019s a network of resources that patrons can utilize to research their ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allison added that having the PTRC on campus increases the opportunity to \u201cset entrepreneurs up for success\u201d in what can be a challenging process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe patent and trademark process can be very expensive and you don\u2019t want to make a mistake where you find someone out there has something similar to your idea,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to be a resource center that can help alleviate those concerns of making an expensive mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PTRC will officially open Oct. 2 in the Frederick Douglass Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aspiring entrepreneurs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore \u2013 and in the local community \u2013 now have a place to help them create their next big idea. In July, UMES became the fifth HBCU designated as a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) \u2013 and the…Read more Frederick Douglass Library chosen as a patent and trademark center for entrepreneurs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1559,"featured_media":15244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-15241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15241"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=15241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}