Recommendation to request City Manager to work with Technology and Innovation (TI) Department in conjunction with the I-Team and Economic Development Department and return to the City Council, within 90 days, detailing the following: · Number of active patents in each of the following "key industry clusters" defined in the Blueprint for Economic Development: · Logistics · Leisure and Hospitality · Business Services · Education and Knowledge Creation · Health Services; · Complete number of active patents within all industries in the City of Long Beach; · Opportunities for increased collaboration with the CSULB Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; · Recognition program and social media campaign highlighting Long Beach residents and companies that have been awarded patents in "key industry clusters"; · Measurable goals for increasing the density of patenting in Long Beach; · Opportunities and potential partners to host workshops aimed to demystify intellectual property protection and patenting for local business owners, students, and interested
Motion case. Thank you. Item 16. Item 16, communication from Kelton and then Gonzalez. Councilwoman Price, Councilwoman Mango Recommendation to require City Manager to work with technology and innovation in conjunction with the I-Team and Economic Development Department on patents. Thank you, Councilman Mongo. Actually, I'm sorry. You know, she was she's the maker of the motion is this is Councilman Gonzales could do on a switch set up maybe. Thank you, Councilman Gonzales. Yes. Last item, I promise. But this one is aside from digital inclusion. This actually looks at our patents. We know that patented patenting, sorry, is a very useful indicator of the culture and of innovation in the city. And in fact, 2.2 million patents were issued in the U.S. between 1976 and 2016. And Time magazine actually put out an article in 2016 named The 100 Most Genius Places in America. And I know Long Beach can definitely be a part of that list. And I'd love to showcase that in this item. So a quick patent search for the city of Long Beach yielded nearly 10,000 results. And I know that in this item, we've identified, of course, our academic institutions, but so many different entities that can assist us in finding out what type of patents we have. And specifically, I labeled and I brought forward the economic blueprint and I think John Kaiser for his work in helping us through that. But the economic blueprint details some industries that are specific to Long Beach that would perhaps have patents under them, and it would be good to look into that. And so I think this is a great item, a great start in quantifying the patents and seeing exactly what they look like for Long Beach and finding ways that we can continue demystifying how you can get a patent overall from the patent office. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Mongo. Great work. Great work on this. I look forward to the report. Anybody. Come on the item. Yes, sir. Hi. I'm George White, a resident of the third District, and I'm in support of this item. After a career as an engineer and a high tech entrepreneur, I started a second career as a registered patent practitioner representing inventors and companies before the patent office. And patents are complicated area. The rules are changing all the time, especially for more abstract patents. But it's a fantastic business tool. I'm in the process now of retiring as a patent practitioner, and so I've got a lot of knowledge about it and will be having a lot of free time. And I'd like to volunteer to assist in this effort in any way you want. So you might be thinking, so are you a patent attorney? No, I'm a little known thing called a patent agent. In order to represent people before the patent office, you need to pass the patent bar exam. Get the patent office as it's an all day test that. Half the people fail. On patent laws and patent office procedure. In order to be qualified to take the test, you have to send them your college transcripts. I went to MIT. I'm an electrical engineer. I just send them my transcription. They had to count how many classes I had and various things to decide I was worthy to take the test and attorney or not. Being attorney is not relevant to becoming a registered patent practitioner or representing people before the patent office. So people who are patent attorneys are both state licensed and members of the patent bar. The reason they have laypeople doing this is not that many lawyers have an engineering degree, and there are a lot of you know that that in order to help somebody get something patented, you really have to understand the technology, you know? Thank you very much. Thank you very much. So, you know, the current public comment on the patents, please go ahead and cast your votes. Cause me a subpoena much in case. Thank you very much. And thank you, Councilman, for those items. Moving on to item 17.