Camryn Sullivan, a student from Amherst Central High School, isn’t your typical high school senior. She has gained an impressive knowledge in such topics as trademarks, patents, and marketing through personal experience, and this breadth of knowledge recently helped her win a highly competitive scholarship from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the $2,000 […]
It’s always exciting to see the success of our clients as they continue to grow their brand! In October 2016, LoTempio Law introduced Debbie Sullivan of Kae and Cami. Debbie invented a magnetic accessory which includes design hearts and interchangeable attachments. These attachments can be worn with a variety of apparel including scarves, T-shirts, beach wraps, pashminas, […]
A good invention always starts with a person looking to solve an everyday problem. Debbie Frasca was no stranger to that feeling while watching her son eat an apple. As the sticky juice ran down his hands, she wondered if there was another way to enjoy the popular healthy snack without the unpopular sticky mess. […]
Inventor Debbie Sullivan will be appearing on My Cool Inventions on Halloween, Monday, October 31st for her patented magnetic accessory line, Kae & Cami. Named for her two daughters, Kaelyn and Camryn, Kae & Cami is a collection of design hearts and interchangeable magnetic jewelry attachments which are worn with a variety of apparel including scarves, T-shirts, […]
During a career of nearly 40 years as a patent examiner, a patent agent and a teacher of patent law, I’ve been asked countless questions about patents and inventions. Now that I’m semi-retired, I find I’m still getting questions about patents and inventions – from friends, neighbors, acquaintances, and people I meet socially. It happened […]
As a patent attorney in Buffalo, New York I often run into inventors who are trying to invent something new. Recently I ran into a Buffalo ambassador who has reinvented something very old. Marti Gorman Founder at Buffalo By Choice, CEO at Buffalo Heritage Unlimited and Organizer at Citybration. At the turn-of-the-century, Buffalo was the […]
Today is Christopher Columbus Day and if you remember he invented America. No that’s not right… he discovered America. Of course he thought he landed in India and we’ve been mistakenly calling Native Americans Indians ever since and today we celebrate his mistake. It used to be you would plant a flag into the ground […]
Well I turn 50 years old today and I am looking forward to the next 50 years. I was wondering what were the best inventions in the last 50 years. Computers, VELCRO®, video games or is it something else? There was a list in Popular Mechanics. But there wasn’t anything listed for 1960 the year […]
In a January 12, 2010 press release IBM reported that it was awarded more U.S. patents than any other company in the world for a 17th straight year, breaking its own record by receiving 4,914 patents in 2009. The number of patents awarded to IBM was nearly four times that received by Hewlett-Packard and was […]
What Inventors Need to Know… An inventor does not need a prototype to file for patent protection. Many inventors incorrectly believe they need a working prototype in order to file an application for a patent. The law requires that a patent application include a description of the invention so that somebody skilled in the art […]