AGENDA

8:30 a.m. - Registration

9:00 - Welcome - Dean of Georgia Tech Library

9:10 - Overview of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets *USPTO

9:45 - Video:Promoting Innovation: Today's USPTO

10:15 - Break

10:30 - Conducting a Patent Search Using the USPTO Website

11:30 - Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m. -PTDL Resources and Services at Georgia Tech Library, *PTDL Representative, Georgia Tech Library

1:15 - Speaker - Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Tech

1:45 - Federal Trademarks: Insight on the USPTO, Examination Process and Conducting a Federal Trademark Search Using the USPTO Website

2:45 - Break

3:00 - Invention Promotion Firms: How to Ask the Right Questions

3:30 - Local Resources for Inventors
*Notable Inventors
*Patent Agent/Attorney (invited speakers, TBD)
*Small Business Development Center

4:30 - Adjournment