Patent - USPTO Museum Opens at New Headquarters

USPTO Museum Opens at New Headquarters

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jon Dudas was joined today by Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille, U.S. Representatives Jim Moran and Frank Wolf, and David Fink, President and CEO of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the agency’s new museum.

“The Patent and Trademark Office Museum is our opportunity to showcase innovation and the men and women whose creativity have helped foster a strong and prosperous America,” noted Under Secretary Dudas.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame and the exhibit design company Chermayeff & Geismar designed an exciting space in a modern aesthetic style using a rich palette of exhibit techniques—such as videos, interactives, artifacts and touch-screen technology—to feature patents, trademarks, inven

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