Historical US on PTDLA website

Dear All,

For information - my colleague Steve Van Dulken brought the following website to my attention today.

Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association

http://www.ptdla.org/history

They have added the following historical data to their website;

Historical Patent and Trademark Databases

• Design Patents to 1873
• Disclaimer Patents 1837-1873
• Extension Patents to 1865
• Improvement Patents to 1861
• Reissue Patents 1838-1873
• Trademarks 1870-1873
• Utility Patents 1-65000
• Utility Patents 65000-100000
• Utility Patents 100001-146119
• X-Patents (names, dates, PNs only)
• X-Patents (with added fields)

See you all at the AGM!

Maria

Maria Lampert
PATLIB London

New Secretary

After 2 years excellent service the present Secretary Chris Brown is standing down after this years PATLIB AGM*


We are looking for a volunteer to take on the role of Secretary for the next two years - this is a great opportunity to get more involved with PATLIB UK and to influence how the PATLIB UK community develops in the future. The role involves liaising with the Chair , the UKIPO and the PATLIBs , collating the annual reports and organising the AGM with the help of the Chair.

Please contact Maria or Chris is you would like more information.

* This years AGM will be hosted by Newcastle PATLIB and is taking place on Wednesday 2nd December with the training day on Thursday 3rd December

European Inventor Award 2010

European Patent Office is advertising its "European Inventor Award". Anyone can submit a proposal, deadline 12th September 2009. Details here:

http://www.epo.org/topics/innovation-and-economy/european-inventor.html

Entry forms and selection criteria can be found online at:
http://www.epo.org/topics/innovation-and-economy/european-inventor/participating.html

the four categories of the European Inventor Award:
-Industry
-SMEs/research
-Non-European countries
-Lifetime achievement

Dates and deadline:
Closing date for entries 12th September 2009
Announcement of nominees February 2010
Award Ceremony in Madrid April 2010

www.epo.org/european-inventor

Hello all,

We have recently been in discussion with Cally Robson from 'She is Genius' -
http://www.shesingenious.org/ They provide information, advice and support for women interested in innovation. I believe that she has worked with the BL and we are interested in working with her in the future.

Thanks,
Matthew
Birmingham Patlib

Ideas 21 Innovation Calendar

The Ideas 21 Innovation Calendar is the ideal place to publicize your IP related events - simply register and start listing!

http://www.innovationcalendar.co.uk/login

PATLIB conference Sofia - presentations

The presentations from PATLIB 2009 which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria 20 - 22 May are now available via the EPO web-site:

http://www.epo.org/about-us/events/patlib2009/training.html?update

The conference was attended by representatives from the PATLIBs in London, Leeds and Manchester - a fuller report will appear here in the next few days.

PATLIB UK - now available on twitter

We are experimenting with a PATLIB UK twitter - please let us know what you think - details below:

Follow & be followed, join us www.twitter.com/patlibuk

If you're new to Twitter, Twitter news, resources & how-tos are here: http://bit.ly/mashtwit

7 Ways to Approach Twitter - http://bit.ly/oLwoY

"Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)" - http://bit.ly/13BnCC