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To the innovators who are lifting communities through your patents and trademarks, we see you. We were delighted to celebrate 12 organizations that are using technology to meet global humanitarian needs during this year's Patents for Humanity Green Energy and Trademarks for Humanity awards! Winners include: • Emrgy Inc. • Hydrokinetic Energy Corp. • Natel Energy • SpecMat • Wind Harvest • ZeroAvia • T2C-Energy LLC • Pirl • Olaunu, LLC • genmoji • World Centric • YKK AP America Inc. | United Stat

Before you apply for a trademark or patent, you need to do a search. You have to make sure you’re not infringing on something that already exists. The USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) checks this too. That’s why most attorneys will hire a third-party service to run a thorough search across all databases. They’ll look for anything remotely similar and tell you if you’re in the clear. If the search comes back clean, Then your attorney collects the info, writes it up, and files it