BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Alexandria -- USPTO Museum (National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum)

VA -- Alexandria -- USPTO Museum (National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum):

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. USPTOM_101015_15.JPG: Poppin' Fresh The Pillsbury Doughboy In 1965, Pillsbury Company assigned Leo Burnett's Chicago ad agency their refrigerated dough account. Burnett's agency was known for creating many recognized trademarks. Rudy Perz, creative director, was in search of a character that might pop out of a tube of dough. He designed a seven and a half inch "Doughboy" character who weighed the equivalent of two and half cups of flour. This doughboy was a natural, an outcome of the product itself, who became the perfect representative for the company. Since the character needed a voice, Perz hired Paul frees who was also the voice of Boris Badenov in the Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon. In his first television commercial, this character popped out of a container of Crescent Dinner Rolls and danced a two-step on the kitchen counter. He introduced himself as Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury "Doughboy". The Poppin' Fresh character soon won the hearts of Americans and held on to them. By 1968, nine out of ten Americans recognized the character, giving him a recognition factor similar to the President of the United States. Advertising Age considers the Doughboy character to be number six of the top ten advertising icons of the 20th century.
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Description of Subject Matter: Throughout history, inventions have helped people discover new worlds, build communities, develop resources, increase productivity, cure diseases, ease burdens, and enjoy life to the fullest.

Our nation's founders recognized the importance of intellectual property, and included provisions for its protection and encouragement in the Constitution. Today, America's inventive spirit is one of our most treasured and envied assets. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office works to record, share, and preserve this inventive spirit.

Established in 1995, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Museum strives to educate the public about the patent and trademark systems, and the important role intellectual property protection plays in our nation's social and economic health.

We invite you to share our exhibits by visiting the Museum. The Museum is operated for the USPTO by the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and houses both permanent and changing exhibits as well as a Museum Gift Shop.

The above is from http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/museum/welcome.htm
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2010 photos: My office at the main Commerce Department building closed in October and I was shifted out to the Bureau of the Census in Suitland Maryland. It's good to have a job of course but that killed being able to see basically any cultural events during the day. There's basically nothing of interest that you can see around the Census building. Overnight trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences (Lexington, KY and Nashville, TN), and my 5th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles). Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs until the third one broke and I started sending them back for repairs. Then I used either the Fuji S200EHX or the Nikon D90 until I got the S100fs ones repaired. At the end of the year I bought a Nikon D5000 but I returned it pretty quickly. Number of photos taken this year: about 395,000..
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