Join us virtually as we honor innovators and brand owners who are using intellectual property to address environmental and climate change challenges at the combined 2024 Patents for Humanity Green Energy and inaugural Trademarks for Humanity awards ceremony. The program will also include remarks by Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Kathi Vidal.
Agenda
An detailed agenda will be posted to this page prior to the program date.
Additional information
Since 2012, the Patents for Humanity awards competition has showcased how patent holders with vision are meeting global humanitarian challenges, pioneering innovative ways to provide affordable, scalable, and sustainable solutions for those in need. The USPTO expanded the program in 2023 to include a new Green Energy category for those who are responding rapidly to the challenges of climate change by developing green energy sources that use game-changing technologies.
Patents for Humanity winners will receive an acceleration certificate to expedite select proceedings at the USPTO, as well as public recognition of their work.
The USPTO launched the Trademarks for Humanity awards program to recognize brand owners who are harnessing the power of trademarks to help solve humanitarian challenges. For the 2023 inaugural awards cycle, the program focused on the environment, recognizing brand owners improving the environment through the products or services they offer in connection with a federally registered trademark.
In addition to recognition at the awards ceremony, winners will be featured in a future article on the USPTO website.
For more information or questions, contact Nadine Herbert in the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs.
Accessibility accommodation
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please submit your request to the contact information listed above.