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Finding U.S. Patents in Patent Public Search This is one of a series of videos we have on patents. Today we’ll be finding US patents in Patent Public Search. The website we'll be at today is: uspto.gov/patentpublicsearch -
How to Find CPC Codes for U.S. Patents This is one of a series of videos we have on patents. It’s all about Cooperative Patent Classifications, and where to find them. This classification system groups similar things together, like the Library of Congress or Dewey call number system that libraries use for shelving books. We are talking about the CPC, cooperative patent classification, developed in 2013 between the US and European patent offices and that’s what’s used for new utility patents in the US. In the older search interface for US patents you really had to have a CPC or the patent number to find things, and while this is no longer the case, it’s much better at using keywords now, there is still value in knowing about these codes and at times using them for your search. USPTO’s classification resources page: [www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification] -
How to Read U.S. Patents This is one of a series of videos we have on patents. Today we’ll be deciphering or reading a US patent. We'll be reviewing the major parts and looking at an example patent. -
Steps to Searching for U.S. Patents This is one of a series of videos we have on patents. In this video we’ll be reviewing the steps to searching for U.S. patents. The US Patent and Trademark Office, is an agency of the US Department of Commerce, the USPTO for short and they are the ones who grant patents. Their main webpage has a lot of useful information on it, including a multi step search strategy - and this will be our guide. -
Developing a Research Question This learning object includes a handout with questions to guide students to developing a research outcome. -
Information Privilege and Representation This lesson uses disability studies to look at the effect of representation (or lack of representation) in the news. In this lesson, students discuss the importance of marginalized communities representing their perspectives on important issues, especially when those issues directly affect them. -
Media Effects Lesson on Agenda-Setting in the News This news literacy lesson teaches students about the mass media concept, agenda-setting. -
Using Episodic and Thematic Frames to Get More Out of the News This lesson teaches students about the concept of framing from mass media communication in order to help them think more critically about information production. -
Interviewing for Empathy
A worksheet to help prepare students for performing empathy interviews as part of the design thinking process. -
LAS 315 - Makerspaces, Design Thinking, & Empathy This presentation introduces the concept of design thinking, particularly focusing on the empathy aspect of the process. Students in a class titled Latin American Diaspora in the US used empathy to better understand experiences of Latin American people. -
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Bias in the Fine Arts Range of the Library of Congress Classification System This lesson is intended to introduce students to bias in the fine arts range. It argues that by privileging fine art over craft, LCC reinforces ideas that white male European art is superior to art made by women and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) artists. The Fine Arts range is arranged by medium. While the fine arts (architecture, painting, sculpture, and drawing) are treated as primary categories (NA for architecture, NB for sculpture, and so on), the craft mediums (glass, woodwork, textiles, and ceramic) are a subdivision of a subdivision, located under “Other Arts and Art Industries” in Decorative Arts (NK).