PTO 95-36


                         PTO JOINS FORCES
                         WITH DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY'S GREAT
                         LAKES PATENT AND TRADEMARK CENTER (GLPTC)
                         TO PROVIDE INFORMATION SERVICES TO THE
                         MIDWEST

Contact: Ruth Nyblod        MEDIA ADVISORY
        (703) 305-8341



Event: PTO/GLPTC signs partnership agreement, demonstrates new
videoconferencing facility, and unveils a new free
service that provides 20 years of searchable patent data
on PTO's world wide web home page (http://www.uspto.gov)

Date:  Thursday, November 9

Time:  5:00 - 5:30 p.m. videoconferencing (Detroit and PTO)
       5:30 - 6:00 p.m. internet database demonstration
       6:00 - 7:00 p.m. agreement signing

Place: Detroit Public Library
       Great Lakes Patent and Trademark Center
       Second Floor, South Wing
       5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI  48202
       (313) 833-4042

       U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office
       Office of Public Affairs
       2121 Crystal Drive, Crystal Park 2, Suite 0100
       Arlington, VA 22202
       (703) 305-8341

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November 7, 1995