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At eMerge Americas on Monday, The Institute for Commercialization of Public Research announced the launch of the Florida Patent Pro Bono Program in partnership with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The program links qualified inventors and small businesses with volunteer patent agents and attorneys who provide pro bono legal assistance on specific aspects of the patent process, and with Florida’s launch it is now active in nearly all 50 states. In 2011, Congress passed the America Invents Act, which called for the USPTO to establish the regional patent programs.