PaTENt MILLION: Celebrating Ten Million Ideas and the Importance of Intellectual Property by Catlin Irr (ACT The App Association)… Today the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) celebrates the issuance of their 10 millionth patent. That’s seven zeros and a whole lot of creativity. USPTO calls this feat a “milestone of human ingenuity” – we call it the representation of American leadership in the promotion of art and science and ideas. Protecting intellectual property (IP) is th...