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USPTO Expands Patent Law School Pilot Program |
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Press Release, 12-43
USPTO Expands Patent Law School Pilot
Program
Newly selected law schools to join the pilot program for fall 2012
Washington – The United
States Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the selection of
11 additional law schools to join the Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program, starting this fall.
The program allows law students to practice patent law before the USPTO under the guidance of a faculty clinic
supervisor.
The selected schools are Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Case
Western Reserve University School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, Fordham University School of Law,
University of Maryland Francis Carey School of Law, North Carolina Central University School of Law, University of
Notre Dame Law School, University of Puerto Rico Law School, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, University of
Washington School of Law, and Wayne State University Law School.
“Our selection committee chose these
eleven schools because of their exemplary intellectual property curricula, their effective outreach to inventor
communities, and their comprehensive client services,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
and Director of the USPTO David J. Kappos.
New this year, students participating in the program will
benefit from the Petition to Make Special component announced in June. The petition provides more immediate
response for applications filed by students, so they will more likely have the opportunity to respond to a
substantive office action.
For more information, contact William R. Covey, Deputy General Counsel for
Enrollment and Discipline and Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline, at (571) 272‐4097 or Will.Covey@uspto.gov.
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