The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is hosting Part One of its Proud Innovation Series, titled From Ideas to Innovations in celebration of Pride Month. Panel members “will discuss how their education and experiences help them improve technology, rethink challenges, and transform new ideas into realities.” Panelists include Arianna Morales, General Motors R&D Center; Suma Reddy, Future Acres; David Taubenheim, NVIDIA; and TJ Ronningen, Out to Innovate and Ohio State University (moderator). The Proud Innovation series celebrates LGBTQIA+ inventors, entrepreneurs, and small business owners who are using their intellectual property to bring new ideas to market. This program is presented by the USPTO’s Office of Innovation Outreach. For more information and registration, please click here. Please email questions to: ProudInnovation@uspto.gov.