Pro Se inventors (those who file patent applications without the assistance of a registered patent attorney or agent) will be able to come to the Morgantown Patent & Trademark Resource Center (Evansdale Library) to meet with a USPTO patent examiner via a WebEx connection beginning today (March 1). This new service is free and open to all Pro Se inventors willing to travel to the Morgantown PTRC. An examiner, who will be specifically matched to each inventor’s needs, will provide assistance with the patent application process but cannot provide legal advice or make patentability determinations prior to an application being filed. Allow two business days for an appointment to be scheduled.
For more information and to make a mandatory advance appointment, contact program facilitator Marian Amour-Gemmen, WVU’s PTRC Librarian, at marmour@wvu.edu, 304.293.9758 or 304.293.4696
For more information visit the Patents page on the Libraries website.