The Small Business Law Center
A combination of two clinics that provide a full array of services for small businesses and independent inventors.
The Non-Profit & Small Business Law Clinic (NBLC)
The Non-Profit & Small Business Law Clinic helps clients to form a business and complete many of the critical tasks to enable a small business or non-profit organization to operate. The clinic’s services include:
- Patent & Trademark initial consultations to determine eligibility
- Patent searches to determine prior art in the field
- Trademark searches to determine availability
- Patent & Trademark applications (clients must cover all filing fees)
The Patent Clinic & The Trademark Clinic
The Patent & Trademark Clinic helps small businesses and independent inventors to apply for and register patents, trademarks, and service marks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The clinic’s services include:
- Client Counseling on Intellectual Property Matters
- Invention Disclosure Interview
- Patentability & Trademark Clearance Searches and Opinions
- Patent & Trademark Application Preparation, Filing & Prosecution to Issuance
- Patent & Trademark Application Appeals of Applications Filed by the Clinic