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MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact:
Brigid Quinn
(571) 272-8400 or
brigid.quinn@uspto.gov
July 12, 2006
#06-42Commerce Under Secretary to Present Student Awards
First ©®EAT Awards Recognize Kids InnovationWashington, D.C . - Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jon Dudas will be joined by David Fink, president and CEO of the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), on July 13 to present the first awards for the ©®EAT contest sponsored jointly by the USPTO and the NIHF.
©®EAT is a contest and classroom guide based on invention and problem solving for students in grades 2-12. The symbols in the contest name represent its emphasis on patents, trademarks and copyrights.
WHAT Presentation of ©®EA T Awards
WHO Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Jon Dudas
David Fink, president and CEO of the National Inventors Hall of Fame
WHEN Thursday, July 13, 2006
4:30 p.m.WHERE Office of the Under Secretary
USPTO, Madison Building, 10 th floor
600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Va.###
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