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New IP Awareness Assessment Tool

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) today unveiled a new web-based IP Awareness Assessment Tool designed to help manufacturers, small businesses, entrepreneurs and independent inventors easily assess their knowledge of intellectual property (IP)... learn more

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Some Myths about Small Business Loans
04/23/2012

Small Business Administration (SBA) loan guarantees are an important financing tool many small businesses should consider. However, there are a number of common misperceptions associated with the loans... Continue Reading

A Brave New World? Not Really
04/18/2012

There are few advantages to getting older, but one of the best is living through history. As a history buff, I have realized that we are truly doomed to repeat it whether we learn its lessons or not. But, I am optimistic that we can, in any case, still influence the trajectory of history, and I believe that American manufacturing is doing just that... Continue Reading