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uspto technology center 2900 design patents

Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 2900

Technology Center 2900 is a bit of an outlier at the USPTO, handling design patents rather than utility patents. Design patents are a different breed than utility patents, covering the visual and ornamental characteristics of an article rather than the article’s functional or utilitarian elements.

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USPTO TC 3600

Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 3600

Technology Center 3600 is perhaps the most infamous of all technology centers at the USPTO. As a “catch-all” technology center handling applications as diverse as surface transportation and furniture, it also houses many business methods art units.

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USPTO Technology Center 2600 Communications

Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 2600

Technology Center 2600 handles communications-related technologies. This includes telephonic communications, speech processing, digital and optical communications, and computer graphic processing.

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USPTO Technology Center 2100 Computer Software

Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 2100

Technology Center 2100 handles computer architecture and software, with art unit groups focused on computer reliability and control systems, memory access, computer architecture, databases and file management, software development, artificial intelligence (AI), and graphical user interfaces.

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USPTO TC 1700

Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 1700

Technology Center 1700 handles chemical and materials engineering, including batteries and fuel cells, metallurgy, adhesives, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, glass and paper making, and food.

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uspto technolgy center 3700

Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 3700

Technology Center 3700 is somewhat of a “catch-all” technology center, handling technologies as diverse as medical instruments, shoes and apparel, machine and hand tools, thermal and combustion technology, and refrigeration.

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Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 1600

Technology Center 1600 is the home for life science patent applications at the USPTO. This includes applications related to organic compounds, organic chemistry, molecular biology, immunology, fermentation, and plants.

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computer networks

Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 2400

Technology Center 2400 handles data processing and telecommunications technologies, including multiplex and VoIP, cable and television, recording and compression, cryptography and security, and computer networks.

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semiconductors

Technology Center Deep Dive: A Look at TC 2800

Technology Center 2800 handles a wide range of electrical technologies, including semiconductors, circuits, optics, and printing.

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Green Technology at the USPTO

On this year’s World IP Day, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry called for a surge in green tech patenting to fight climate change. His charge follows a report that patenting for green energy technologies has slowed.

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