Patent and Trademark Resource Center at Rice University

02/20/2026

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

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...

01/16/2026

Missed our blog? Here's a new entry!

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 ...

01/09/2026

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.

01/05/2026

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 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...

09/17/2025

Did you hear about Rice's agreement with Intel?

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.

09/12/2025

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

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...

08/11/2025

Celebrating a birthday with patents, of course!

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...

07/31/2025

Rice has been upping its patent game!

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...

07/30/2025

Come see our all-new PTRC webpage!

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...

05/28/2025

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

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

04/03/2025