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A Celebration of Creativity

Nike designers, Mark Smith and Tinker Hatfield, are presented the design patent by Todd Dickinson, Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S.P.T.O.


Presentation of the shoe prototype to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Museum. (From left to right) Richard Maulsby, Director Public Affairs, U.S.P.T.O., with Isaac Fleischmann, U.S.P.T.O., Retired.

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. announces A Celebration of Creativity prompted by the grant of the 400,000th U.S. design patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to Tinker L. Hatfield and Mark J. Smith of Nike, Inc. This was recognized in a series of events on Tuesday, October 27, 1998.

Highlights:

9:30 am
The patent is presented to the designers at the National Press Club.

3:30 pm
The prototype design is presented by Nike to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Museum.

4 - 6 pm
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. will host a reception for the industrial design community to celebrate this milestone of creativity at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Crystal City.

Banner & Witcoff attorneys managing the design program (L to R): Robert S. Katz, Patricia E. Hong and Brian E. Hanlon of the Washington, D.C. office and James A. Niegowski of the Portland office.


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