Scholar Session with the US Patent and Trademark Office

While living at the Cottage, Lincoln used his problem-solving skills to handle the nation’s toughest challenges. This culminated in the development of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Earlier is in his life working on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, he used those same skills of problem-solving and ingenuity when he invented and patented a solution to buoy vessels over shoals in 1849, making Lincoln the first and only U.S. President to receive a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Join President Lincoln's Cottage for the next installment in our virtual speaker series, Scholar Sessions. We will host the USPTO to discuss "Lincoln the inventor" and his patent.
As the second ever historian at the USPTO, Rebekah Oakes shares her expertise in documenting the history of the agency and conducting extensive research on the story of innovation and intellectual property in America. Alongside her team, Rebekah is working to create a comprehensive institutional chronology that gives a fuller picture of innovation in America. To learn more about the USPTO's extensive history visit: www.uspto.gov/....
The USPTO is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks, supporting new inventors across America. The strength and vitality of the U.S. economy depends directly on these investments and protections of new ideas in innovation and creativity. The continued demand for patents and trademarks highlights the ongoing ingenuity of American inventors and entrepreneurs, and places the USPTO at the cutting edge of the nation's technological progress and achievement.