{"596362":{"#nid":"596362","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Intellectual Property Seminar Series: Filing Patents","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA patent is an exclusive right to a product or a process that generally provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.\u0026nbsp;Unfortunately, filing a patent\u0026nbsp;can be very expensive. Is there a way to get your invention protected\u0026nbsp;for less money? Please join Mr. Grant Corboy, a patent\u0026nbsp;attorney\u0026nbsp;from the USPTO for a talk on\u0026nbsp;how to obtain free legal assistance\u0026nbsp;through a special\u0026nbsp;program\u0026nbsp;designed to help under-resourced inventors and small business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMr. Corboy will cover these topics:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- How to\u0026nbsp;apply to the\u0026nbsp;USPTO\u0026rsquo;s Patent Pro Bono Program\u0026nbsp;for help in preparing, filing and prosecuting your patent application\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- How to prepare a\u0026nbsp;thorough\u0026nbsp;provisional patent application\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E- How to file an application efficiently\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWilliam Grant Corboy III\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMr. Corboy joined the Office of Enrollment Discipline (OED) as a Patent Attorney in 2016.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; As a member of the Patent Pro Bono Team, he is dedicated to making sure that all inventors have access to the patent system, including those who are financially under-resourced.\u0026nbsp; In addition to his Patent Pro Bono responsibilities, Mr. Corboy also serves as a Staff Attorney investigating discipline and enrollment matters.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Mr. Corboy was a Primary Patent Examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and, prior to joining the USPTO in 2010, he worked for fifteen years in industry as a design engineer, project manager and government contracts manager with DuPont and Lockheed Martin.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMr. Corboy is a member of the Maryland bar, and he is registered to practice before the USPTO.\u0026nbsp; He graduated, cum laude, from The University of Baltimore School of Law and received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and his Masters of Science in Structural Engineering from the University of Delaware.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Location:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Library, Wilby Room, Ground Floor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E266 4th Street N.W.,\u0026nbsp;Atlanta, GA 30332\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Homer Rice Center location can be found on this floor plan:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/about\/floorplans\/ground.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/about\/floorplans\/ground.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/about\/directions.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDirections \u0026amp; Parking Information\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESuggested visitor parking areas: Visitor Parking Area 2 and Visitor Parking Area 3 near the Student Center. Direction to parking:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/goo.gl\/PSTjYB\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/goo.gl\/PSTjYB\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo find the full details about visitor parking, check here:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pts.gatech.edu\/visitors\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/pts.gatech.edu\/visit\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA patent is an exclusive right to a product or a process that generally provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.\u0026nbsp;Unfortunately, filing a patent\u0026nbsp;can be very expensive. Is there a way to get your invention protected\u0026nbsp;for less money? Please join Mr. Grant Corboy, a patent\u0026nbsp;attorney\u0026nbsp;from the USPTO for a talk on\u0026nbsp;how to obtain free legal assistance\u0026nbsp;through a special\u0026nbsp;program\u0026nbsp;designed to help under-resourced inventors and small business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A patent is an exclusive right to a product or a process that generally provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.\u00a0"}],"uid":"28817","created_gmt":"2017-09-22 14:03:22","changed_gmt":"2017-09-22 14:28:01","author":"Jason Wright","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-10-24T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-10-24T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-10-24T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-10-24 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-10-24 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-10-24 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"596364":{"id":"596364","type":"image","title":"Filing Patents","body":null,"created":"1506090441","gmt_created":"2017-09-22 14:27:21","changed":"1507650837","gmt_changed":"2017-10-10 15:53:57","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227600","name":"Filing patents.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Filing%20patents.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Filing%20patents.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2039977,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Filing%20patents.png?itok=9hfcHj6G"}}},"media_ids":["596364"],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3155","name":"patent"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}