USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office" or "USPTO") is issuing a final rule to comply with a Public Law enacted on December 16, 2014. This law requires the USPTO Director to establish regulations and procedures for application to, and participation in, the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program. The program allows students enrolled in a participating law school's clinic to practice patent and trademark law before the USPTO under the direct supervision of an approved faculty clinic supervisor by drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent or trademark applications, or both, on a pro bono basis for clients who qualify for assistance from the law school's clinic.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/05/27/2016-12498/uspto-law-school-clinic-certification-program (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mention in title or summary )
- Fee
- No fee mention in title or summary )
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 2016-05-27
- Document type
- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
Everything in the same category
Read the news (all 1988) · both (all 2333)
Related entry points
- USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program
- Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims
- Changes To Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized Examination
- Eliminating Unnecessary Regulations
- Request To Make Special Program for the Law School Clinic Certification Patent Pilot Program
- Changes to Continued Prosecution Application Practice
- Changes to the Trademark Rules of Practice To Mandate Electronic Filing
- Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters
- Implementation of Statute of Limitations Provisions for Office Disciplinary Proceedings
- Rules Governing Motion To Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Expansion and Extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
- Clarification of the Effective Date Provision in the Final Rule for Ex Parte Appeals
- Changes To Facilitate Applicant's Authorization of Access to Unpublished U.S. Patent Applications by Foreign Intellectual Property Offices
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Law School Clinic Certification Program
- Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals; Delay of Effective and Applicability Dates
- Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request