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This week’s Featured Researcher is Stone7, a mechanical engineer and relatively new AOP Researcher.  Stone7 has 8 years of past experience in the USPTO, which he views as very helpful in his research.  He also suggests that experience in a variety of industries can be key to successful AOP research.  While he realizes that patent research can be difficult, he would definitely recommend Article One to any of his friends who are up for the challenge!

We recently examined the report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which discussed new opportunities for expanding innovation to spur job growth in the IP industry. But how hard is it for young and new innovators to obtain patents and protect their IP? Does the process discourage or encourage innovation?

Article One always aims to provide the best product possible, as well as insight into the latest developments in IP. This includes supplying tips on patent research, helping followers understand the IP industry, and providing support to our research community. To ensure that all of our followers have the best access to information and can recognize AOP across the web, we are making a number of changes to our social media sites, as well as our company logo.

Since Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 13, we’ve decided to not only recognize mothers, but some of the most famous TV mothers who are protected by the WGA.  The Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) is an organization that helps to protect the ideas that are created in TV shows, movies and other entertainment.  In their “Who We Are” pamphlet, they discuss how they help writers of all kinds protect their intellectual property.

The recent push for high-quality innovation is clearly supported by continuous global collaboration, between the WIPO and EPO, and the USPTO.  However, while documents and announcements are the "tip of the iceberg", there’s no stronger evidence that a movement is gaining momentum than companies themselves making changes.

Twitter is a great place to find information and keep in touch with friends and colleagues. Article One’s main twitter account, @ArticleOne, is a great way to follow AOP news, blog posts, and news in the patent and IP industry. We thank all of our followers for their support and are pleased to announce we are launching a new Twitter feed, @AOPStudies, as we continue to grow! 

The World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) and European Patent Office (EPO) are two of the largest, most widely known patent offices in the world. Both have their own very effective patent systems.  The Patent Cooperation Treaty “makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries by filing an ‘international’ patent application.” So what happens when two powerful offices come together to improve an already powerful treaty?

“Semiconductors have had a monumental impact on our society. You find semiconductors at the heart of microprocessor chips as well as transistors. Anything that's computerized or uses radio waves depends on semiconductors.”  - How Stuff Works, on Semiconductors

Over the years, we have congratulated many of our Researchers by highlighting them in a blog post of their own. In these posts, our Researchers share their experiences and winning techniques.  Here are the top 10 most visited Researcher posts.

We are excited to announce that Article One is featured in "Tech Firms Crowd-Source to Fight Suits", an article in The Wall Street Journal by Jessica E. Vascellaro. The article highlights the emergence of crowdsourcing, specifically as a tool in the Silicon Valley.