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Dallas Invents: 86 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Patents were granted to Match.com, IBM, Nokia, Ricoh, AT&T, Fujitsu, Sirius FM, and more.
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A2B, is a game that helps players learn the names and locations of major roads, major landmarks, and historical sites.
Calling App Developers: Dallas USPTO Office Backs Congressional Challenge to Spur Interest in Science, Math, and Tech
by | Sep 8, 2017
USPTO Regional Director Hope Shimabuku says the USPTO is moving beyond its ministerial functions to boost the U.S. innovation economy.
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A Design Patent for a fitness monitor was granted to Fossil Group Inc. in Richardson. [IMAGE CREDITS: Patent Illustration, Fossil Group Inc. via USPTO; Logo, Fossil]
Dallas Invents: 87 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 29
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 9 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Check out patents granted to Phillip Morris, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Fujitsu, eBay, Bank of America, Fossil Group, Pavestone, AI Visualize, and more.
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Kairos Social Solutions, Inc. was granted patent for a device, system, and method of preventing unauthorized recording of visual content displayed on an electronic device. [Illustration: Dallas Innovates. Select drawings from USPTO patent no. 9740860]
Dallas Invents: 56 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 22
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranked no. 14 in patent production out of 250 metros nationally. Check out patents granted to Tinder, Amazon, Dell, State Farm, Halliburton, and more.
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Patent Office to Hire More Examiners, Ease Backlog

by | Aug 19, 2016
To combat that backlog, the USPTO will hire 100 new employees at its regional offices in Dallas, Cornell University, Denver and Detroit, but just about 70 in Silicon Valley.
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Dallas Has Its Fair Share of Patent Attorneys
by | Feb 22, 2016
For example, the State Bar of Texas told me that its Intellectual Property Law Section has 582 active members from Dallas County. But putting that number in perspective is difficult, because the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law declined to share statistics on its members’ geography.
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With Director Aboard, Regional Patent Office Buzzing With Activity
by | Jan 28, 2016
Hope Shimabuku has her work cut out for her leading the Regional Patent Office, but the engineer and intellectual property attorney is up for the challenge.
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Katherine Berry
Beyond Books: Dallas Public Library Answers Inventors’ Questions
by | Jan 22, 2016
Patent and Trademark Resource Centers are designed to serve independent inventors and small businesses whose understanding of intellectual property issues may be rudimentary.
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