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How it works
The Inventor Assistance Program depends on volunteers like you to help under-resourced inventors navigate the patent application and grant procedure. The support you offer can deliver tremendous impact for inventors, being the catalyst to turn their ideas into tangible assets.
The opportunity
Our volunteers provide support to under-resourced inventors throughout the patent application and grant procedure.
This includes the following services:
drafting and filing of patent applications
managing patent applications, including filing divisional applications, amendments, conversions, withdrawal, and requests for substantive examination and publication
other correspondence with the patent office
prosecution before the patent office
Some of our volunteers also offer prior art searching.
These services may be requested with respect to national filings and through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
In the words of our volunteers
“It has been a rewarding experience building-up a pro bono mindset at the law firm level and advising inventors having innovations with high potential who otherwise would not have access to quality advice for the processing of their patent applications.”
Mauricio Jaramillo Campuzano, Partner, G�mez-Pinz�n Abogados, and IAP volunteer in Colombia.
Expectations of volunteers
Volunteers are also asked to update the program on major milestones of the case, such as filing of the patent application, office actions, and granting of a patent.
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