ACTING U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY REBECCA BLANK HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF U.S. PATENT SYSTEM TO AMERICAN INNOVATION AT SIGNING CEREMONY FOR PATENT NUMBER EIGHT MILLION

摘要

On September 8, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted a ceremonial signing for patent no. 8,000,000 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum-the former home of the U.S. Patent Office. Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos presented the patent to Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., for a visual prosthesis apparatus that enhances visual perception for people who have gone blind due to outer retinal degeneration.