Patents for Humanity

Patents for Humanity is an awards competition for patent owners and
licensees. It is the USPTO's voluntary pilot program to recognize patent
owners who apply their patented technology to address humanitarian needs. The
program advances the president’s global development agenda by rewarding
companies who bring life-saving technologies to underserved people of the
world, while showing how patents are an integral part of tackling the world's
challenges. 

Read the entire and watch a video (1:10) at:
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/patents_for_humanity.jsp

Links:
Patents for Humanity
http://patentsforhumanity.challenge.gov/

Patents for Humanity Application Portal
http://www.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/exitconf/internet_exitconf.pl?target=patentsforhumanity.challenge.gov/

Press release
http://www.uspto.gov/news/pr/2012/12-10.jsp

Director's Forum blog post
http://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/patents_for_humanity

Fact sheet
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/patents_for_humanity/humanityfactsheet.jsp

US Federal Register notice
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-02-08/pdf/2012-3040.pdf

Rewarding Inventors Who Work to Solve Global Challenges
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/02/08/rewarding-inventors-who-work-solve-global-challenges

Harnessing Innovation for Global Development
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/08/fact-sheet-harnessing-innovation-global-development

Submitted by Jerry Weisman