SpencePC’s Jacob Graham recently attended the inaugural, launch event for Chicago-Kent’s Patent HUB on October 14, 2015. The Patent HUB  is a program that facilitates the placement of under-resourced Illinois inventors with pro bono patent prosecution counsel. The program acts as Illinois’ hub for the  USPTO Patent Pro Bono Program that currently offers programs in all 50 states. Section 32 of the America Invents Act led to the creation of the Patent Pro Bono Program by requiring the USPTO to “work with and support intellectual property law associations across the country in the establishment of pro bono programs designed to assist financially under-resourced independent inventors and small businesses.”

Speakers at the launch event included Jennifer McDowell of the USPTO, who administered the development of the program, and Congressmen Danny Davis and Bobby Rush of the U.S. House of Representatives. Further information on the Chicago-Kent Patent Hub can be found here. The Patent HUB makes patent counsel available to low-income Illinois inventors. In turn, it promotes access to the U.S. Patent system, boosting the economy, and significantly reduces the daunting cost, regulatory, and technical impediments that under-resourced inventors face.  SpencePC , as a member firm of the program, has agreed to offer its services and act as pro bono patent counsel to these inventors in need.

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