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USPTO offers weekly events, including training and webinars covering all sorts of topics related to intellectual property, inventions and businesses. Look for their new Spanish training series too!
Welcome to our Patent and Trademark Resource Center in the University Libraries at Virginia Tech! We support all inventors and entrepreneurs in the region around Virginia Tech (New River Valley, Roanoke, and further) with our resources and programming to help you succeed!
On these pages, you'll find resources and examples to help get you started on patents and trademarks from finding existing intellectual property to connecting to local, regional, and state-wide resources. Have questions or need more in depth help? Reach out to our engineering librarian and PTRC representative for help - we are available for virtual and in-person consultations in Blacksburg!
Join our electronic distribution list for regular updates about upcoming events and news from USPTO: PTRC News (ptrc-news-g@vt.edu). Search in Google Groups or reach out to the PTRC Representative to be added.
*Note: We are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice or conduct searches on your behalf. We can connect you with resources and provide education on searching and more. For more information see USPTO's overview on PTRCs or their short video playlist about what PTRCs offer.
We hope that you will join us for our Fall 2025 events, including our Constitution Day Celebration!
Other events in our Constitution Day Series include:
(Events are in-person except when offered hybrid this fall.)
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Image credits: IP image from vecteezy.com/free-vector/intellectual-property-icon; Patent image is Rubic's Cube, US# 4,378,116; Trademark image is a dead mark as of 1982 for a company
