Patent Cases Available
September 16, 2025
Interested in taking a pro bono case from Georgia PATENTS? Please contact us at:
Phone: (404) 369-0909 Email: patents@gapatents.org
We are happy to announce that the USPTO is issuing certificates to recognize practitioners who provide at least 50 hours of patent pro bono service to Georgia PATENTS during calendar year 2025. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity!
If you are interested in a case below, please email the identifying case information to patents@gapatents.org
CHEMICAL
A5931-2-P: Lightweight cement core board
Inventor, a self-taught builder who is currently building her own houseboat, noticed most houseboats are constructed using foam which is flammable and does not work well with resin. Invention is a lightweight sorrel cement core board that is fire-resistant, water-resistant, and formulated for marine application. Invention improves upon similar products because it is more durable with a better strength-to-weight ratio, less expensive, environmentally-friendly, user-friendly, machinable, sound-dampening, and buoyant. Invention may have additional material applications. Inventor has a working prototype.
ELECTRIC/COMPUTER
B6559-1-P: Task-Based Problem Solving System
Inventor noted issues with static videos guiding users on digital interfaces. The invention involves an improvement to how users receive guided assistance when completing tasks through a digital interface. The invention is easy to use, integrates different forms of communication and is suitable for multiple ages ,and abilities as well as the sight and hearing impaired. The inventor has a provisional patent.
Georgia PATENTS thanks the companies, law firms and patent practitioners who earned a 2024 USPTO Patent Pro Bono Certificate.
COMPANIES
Arclin USA LLP
LAW FIRMS
Alston & Bird
Ballard Spahr
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Smith Gambrell Russell
Troutman Pepper Locke
PATENT PRACTITIONERS
Arclin USA LLP
Ram Sabnis
Alston & Bird
Akintunde Akinbola
Alison Davis
Chris Lightner
Carter Reeb
Ballard Spahr
Charley Brown
Alexander Gee
Jonathan Hummel
Jonas Jarvolm
Michele Kliem
Brian Meadows
Alexander Porte
Sandra Sciascia-Zirger
Kristine Waddell
Sommer Zimmerman
Smith Gambrell Russell
Thomas Wiseman
Thompson Hine
Clint King
Georgia PATENTS is pleased to share a new resource for under-resourced inventors:
the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Pro Bono Program. For more information on this Program, please visit: https://www.ptabbar.org/ptab_pro_bono.php
Inventors must meet the same financial criteria as inventors to the Georgia PATENTS Program, but do not need to come through a Patents Pro Bono Program to be eligible for free legal assistance. Volunteers provide free legal assistance in preparing ex parte appeals to the PTAB. This new program is provided through the PTAB Bar Association. Given Georgia PATENTS does not ask its volunteers to assist with appeals (although they may), please refer any inventors seeking assistance with PTAB appeals to:https://ptabbar.org/information_for_inventors.php
Also, if any volunteer for the Patents Pro Bono Program would like to volunteer for the PTAB Pro Bono Program, please submit a volunteer form: https://www.ptabbar.org/ptab_pro_bono.php