Patent and Trademark Resource Center at Rice University

We are shocked: ChatGPT answered a patent question correctly... after years of trying.

Generative AI Did A Thing Right?! Yes, I was recently surprised to see that ChatGPT has finally learned how to locate Rice's most recently granted patent. It's only taken, wh...

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Fake Nails, Real IP I've always enjoyed painting my nails, having fun colors and glitter enhance the ends of my fingers. However, as an adult, I find that this ...

Rice was granted an unusually high number of patents this December--so let's celebrate those 5 new inventions added to our portfolio all at once! You can find all patents assigned to Rice at https://repository.rice.edu/collections/0d4ebc11-f711-440c-86c6-611f7732478e but here's an image from patent no. 12,484,786.

Any innovators have some resolutions for improvement? Here's something that might help: Learn about successful inventing this year!

Successful Inventing 2026: ideas, feasibility, and evaluation Successful Inventing 2026: ideas, feasibility, and evaluation United States Patent and Trademark Office sent this bulletin at 12/29/2025 08:07 AM EST Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. USPTO Alert Join us for the launch of new series Successful Inventing 2026! This series is d...

Did you hear about Rice's agreement with Intel?

Intel Corp. and Rice University sign research access agreement Rice University’s Office of Technology Transfer has signed a subscription agreement with California-based Intel Corp., giving the global company access to Rice’s research portfolio and the opportunity to license select patented innovations.

Do you have a Labubu? What about a Lafufu? We don't but we still blogged about their IP.

The Labubu, the Lafufu, and Intellectual Property Wars If you haven't heard about the Labubu yet, you must be very disconnected. Aside from being a recent craze among youth and the trendy, they'v...

Celebrating a birthday with patents, of course!

Happy Birthday, Patented Well, not literally. That's not patentable. But it's been far too long since my last post, and today is my birthday, so I thought it would b...

Rice has been upping its patent game!

Rice rises 26 spots in ranking of top 100 US universities for utility patents Rice is now ranked 68th on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2024, a list published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) — a leap of 26 spots from last year’s list. Rice ranked 94th in 2023 with 14 granted patents; this year, Rice brought in 30 new patents, leading t...

Come see our all-new PTRC webpage!

Patent and Trademark Resource Center | Fondren Library Body Fondren was designated a patent depository library in July 1977; since then, the program has changed with advances in technology and the needs of innovators and entrepreneurs. Today, we are a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), located in and managed by the Kelley Center. The PTRC Prog...

Craving some ice cream? How 'bout a blog? Enjoy both in our latest post!

Bluebells and Blue Bell In a very exciting event for me, my Texas bluebells ( Eustoma exaltatum ) have bloomed! These striking flowers were raised from seed over th...