Patent and Trademark Resource Center at Oklahoma State University: Legal Assistance and Resources

USPTO Legal assistance and resources

The Patent Pro Bono program assists financially under-resourced independent inventors and small businesses. For Pro Bono Patent Assistance in Oklahoma, see Patent Pro Bono, administered by Gateway Venture Mentoring Service, a St. Louis, MO based 501(c)(3).

IP legal assistance provided by participating laws schools. Oklahoma residents can contact Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law.

Clinics, Oklahoma City University, The Collaborative: Law Clinic for Business and Innovation
Students, under close faculty supervision, provide legal assistance in a variety of early-stage legal matters, including entity formation, contract drafting and review, intellectual property protection, and other transactional matters to business startups, entrepreneurs, and community nonprofit organizations to help them establish successful for profit and nonprofit enterprises. The clinic targets entrepreneurs and innovators located in the underserved Oklahoma City community who are not able to afford retained legal counsel.

Pilot program to expand outreach to inventors who file patent applications without the assistance of a registered patent attorney or agent.

Assistance to applicants and attorneys throughout the application process including initial filing, patent examination, and post examination.

Training delivered through STEPP is designed to provide external stakeholders with a better understanding of how and why an examiner makes decisions while examining a patent application.