August 11, 2005
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Press Release, 05-39

USPTO TO CONVENE CONFERENCE CELEBRATING AMERICA’S INDEPENDENT INVENTORS

Attendees to Hear from Notable Inventors, Importance of Protecting their Inventions

Alexandria, VA – On Friday, August 12, 2005, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Jon Dudas will join more than 200 independent inventors at the 10th annual Independent Inventors Conference sponsored by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Attendees will hear from government officials and notable inventors, including Al Langer, the engineer on the medical team who invented the first automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator—a life-saving device. Dudas and other government officials will also remind inventors that their products are their intellectual property—and that they should protect their intellectual property by applying for patents, trademarks and copyrights.

WHAT:
Celebration of Independent Inventors
Remarks about protecting ideas and inventions through patents, trademarks and copyright

WHO:

The Honorable Jon Dudas , Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
The Honorable Stephen M. Pinkos , Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
Al Langer , Co-inventor of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator inventor of the cardioverter defibrillator
Independent inventors

WHEN:

Friday, August 12, 2005
9:00 a.m: Opening remarks by Stephen M. Pinkos,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property

12:30 p.m: Address by Jon Dudas,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property

Saturday, August 13, 2005
9:00 a.m: Remarks by Al Langer,
Co-inventor of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator and Inductee in the National Inventors Hall of Fame

WHERE:
United States Patent and Trademark Office Headquarters
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, Virginia

Visit http://www.uspto.gov/ to learn more about the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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