ULibraries Research Guides: Business and Innovation Team: Protect IP: Patents and Trademarks

Patent & Trademark Resource Centers

The University of Utah Marriott Library is one of 80+ U.S. Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRCs) in the country, and one of two in the state of Utah. We celebrated our 35th anniversary of our PTRC designation in 2019.

PTRC representatives are information experts trained on how to use search tools to access patent and trademark information. PTRC representatives are not attorneys and cannot provide legal advice.

PTRC library representatives can:

Provide access to resources such as Patent Public Search and Trademark Search
Direct you to information and explain the application process and fee schedule
Demonstrate how to use search tools to conduct a patent or trademark search
Show you a directory of local patent attorneys who are licensed to practice before the USPTO
Offer classes on intellectual property
Offer assistance on how to do historical research on patents and trademarks
Show you how to track current research by company or nonprofit
Help you find assignee information and much more.

Learn more about IP

Visit our PTRC's website to learn more about IP, patent searching, and trademark searching.

Patents and Trademarks
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Disclosing Your IP

Listed below are links to the U's IP policy and the technology transfer office.

Employees at other companies, organizations, and institutions should check their internal policies regarding IP, especially when it is related to your employment and work. There is likely an internal process for disclosing IP.

Policy 7-002: Patents and Inventions
UofU Policy 7-002 outline the University's Policy regarding patents and inventions, which applies to all University administrative officers, faculty members, non- faculty academic employees, staff members (whether full or part-time), and students.
Technology Licensing Office
"The Technology Licensing Office strives to be a global leader in innovation management that creates value for the University of Utah, its stakeholders and society." The Technology Licensing Office was formerly known as PIVOT, TVC, and TCO. It's the University's technology transfer office.
*According to University Policy 7-002, UofU employees and students (sometimes) must disclose their IP inventions to the Technology Licensing Office.

PTRC Representative

Alfred Mowdood

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Contact:

The University of Utah
J. Willard Marriott Library
Head of Faculty Services,
Representative, Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), and
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Kinesiology
295 South 1500 East #2110 R
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0860
alfred.mowdood@utah.edu
(801) 585-7125

Pronouns: he/him/his