37 CFR § 11.17 — Requirements for participation in (MPEP Coverage Index) – BlueIron IP
37 CFR § 11.17 Requirements for participation in
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This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting 37 CFR § 11.17, including 0 rules from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.
Official MPEP § 11.17 — Requirements for participation in
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11.17 Requirements for participation in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program.
- (a) Each law school participating in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program must provide its patent and/or trademark services on a pro bono basis.
- (b) Each law school participating in the
USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program shall, on a
semiannual basis, provide OED with a report regarding its clinic
activity during the reporting period, which shall include:
- (1) The number of law students participating in each of the patent and trademark practice areas of the school’s clinic;
- (2) The number of faculty participating in each of the patent and trademark practice areas of the school’s clinic;
- (3) The number of persons to whom the school’s clinic provided assistance in any given patent or trademark matter but with whom no practitioner-client relationship had formed;
- (4) The number of client representations undertaken for each of the patent and trademark practice areas of the school’s clinic;
- (5) The identity and number of applications and responses filed in each of the patent and/or trademark practice areas of the school’s clinic;
- (6) The number of patents issued, or trademarks registered, to clients of the clinic; and
- (7) All other information specified by the OED Director.
- (c)
Inactivation of law schools
participating in the USPTO Law School Certification
Program.
- (1) The OED Director may inactivate a
patent and/or trademark practice area of a participating law
school:
- (i) If the participating law school does not have an approved Faculty Clinic Supervisor for the relevant practice area, as described in § 11.16(c) ;
- (ii) If the participating law school does not meet each of the requirements and criteria for participation in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program as set forth in § 11.16 , this section, or as otherwise established by the OED Director; or
- (iii) For other good cause as determined by the OED Director.
- (2) In the event that a practice area
of a participating school is inactivated, the participating
law school students must:
- (i) Immediately cease all student practice before the Office in the relevant practice area and notify each client of such; and
- (ii) Disassociate themselves from all client matters relating to practice before the Office in the relevant practice area, including complying with Office and State rules for withdrawal from representation.
- (3) A patent or trademark practice area of a law school clinic that has been inactivated may be restored to active status, upon application to and approval by the OED Director.
- (1) The OED Director may inactivate a
patent and/or trademark practice area of a participating law
school:
- (d)
Removal of law schools
participating in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification
Program.
- (1) The OED Director may remove a
patent and/or trademark practice area of the clinic of a law
school participating in the USPTO Law School Clinic
Certification Program:
- (i) Upon request from the law school;
- (ii) If the participating law school does not meet each of the requirements and criteria for participation in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program as set forth in § 11.16 , this section, or as otherwise established by the OED Director; or
- (iii) For other good cause as determined by the OED Director.
- (2) In the event that a practice area
of a participating school is removed by the OED Director, the
participating law school students must:
- (i) Immediately cease all student practice before the Office in the relevant practice area and notify each client of such; and
- (ii) Disassociate themselves from all client matters relating to practice before the Office in the relevant practice area, including complying with Office and State rules for withdrawal from representation.
- (3) A school that has been removed from participation in the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program under this section may reapply to the program in compliance with § 11.16 .
- (1) The OED Director may remove a
patent and/or trademark practice area of the clinic of a law
school participating in the USPTO Law School Clinic
Certification Program:
[Added, 81 FR 33591, May 27, 2016, effective June 27, 2016]