Ask a Patent Attorney program tomorrow night!

Akron patent attorney Dominic Frisina will be Main Library tomorrow night, September 15, at 6:30 pm, to answer your questions about getting a patent or other forms of protection for your creative endeavors.  Don’t miss this free program!  Need more information?  Contact Science & Technology at 330-643-9075 or stdiv@akronlibrary.org

Patent Information Classes This Week

Attention inventors!  Introduction to Online Patent Searching will be offered Tuesday, June 15, at 6:30 pm in the Science & Technology Department.  Learn what a patent is, why you would want one, how to search for existing patents using the US Patent & Trademark Office’s website (and why you want to search before you start [...]

The Founding of Alcoholics Anonymous

This year Alcoholics Anonymous will mark the 75th anniversary of its founding with special activities in Akron on June 11, 12, & 13 (http://foundersdayregistration.akronaa.org) as well as at the international convention on July 1-4 in San Antonio, TX.  (http://www.aa.org/lang/en/subpage.cfm?page=199).  In 1935, Bill Wilson, a newly sober New York stockbroker on a business trip to Akron, found [...]

Patent Searching, Intellectual Property Classes

Science & Technology librarians will be offering An Introduction to Online Patent Searching this coming Saturday, May 15 at 10 am.  Learn what a patent is, the types of patents, how to read a cover sheet and what comprises the remainder of a patent; learn the Seven Step Search Strategy recommended by the US Patent & [...]

Canton, Cleveland Inventors’ Groups Meeting This Week

Good times ahead for inventors!  Both the Cleveland and Canton inventor groups have their monthly meetings this week. The Inventors’ Council of Greater Cleveland meets Monday, May 3 at 7 pm at the Brooklyn branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, 4480 Ridge Road. An expert from the Market Research and Economic Analysis Company will [...]

Gardening as a Quality of Life Style

This Thursday, April 29 at 6:30 pm, join us in Meeting Room 2 on Main Library’s High Street level for a lively discussion of the challenges and opportunities of the urban gardening movement.  Larry Parker, Executive director of The Akron Cooperative will tell us about the efforts to develop and manage the Community Gardens in [...]

Green AND Clean, the Akron way

Help the Downtown Akron Partnership in their third annual Green and Clean Day, Friday, May 7.  Sign up a team of friends or co-workers and volunteer to make an impact sprucing up our downtown.  While you’re in the neighborhood, stop by the Science & Technology department, say hi, and check out some of our books on living the [...]

Purple Martins at Portage Lakes

    The Purple Martin is a bird that is primarily dependent upon the assistance of humans in the areas east of the Mississippi. The Portage Lakes Purple Martin Association provides gourds for their nests discovering early on that they prefer them to the usual Martin houses. In August, their Premigratory Roost at Nimisila Reservoir [...]

USPTO to Hold Live On-Line Chat for Independent Inventors

Senior USPTO officials will be available live on-line Tuesday, March 16 from 2 to 3 pm (EST) to answer questions and offer tips for independent inventors. Instructions for the on-line chat will be posted on the USPTO home page at 10 am (EST) Tuesday.  Inventors can begin logging on for the chat at 1:30 pm. This [...]

February’s Main Library Lunchtime Lyceum to Feature Science & Technology’s New Health Information Center

Not an MD? Join Val Sherman, manager of the Science & Technology division, for an overview of the new Health Information Center, an exciting new collection of over twelve thousand books and databases providing high-quality, up-to-date health and wellness information geared to the average Joe.  No need to sign up for this installment of Main [...]