The typical work done by students is drafting and filing trademark and patent applications in cases where small businesses and inventors cannot afford to employ an established specialist. Will Covey, deputy counsel at the USPTO, said: ‘Some of the schools just get flooded with requests for clients. It gets the independent inventors the assistance they need… and students get to deal with real clients.’ The student programme started in 2008 with six schools. It was extended after the America Invents Act of 2011. Source: Wall Street Journal
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