The Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office is a branch of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) located in Detroit, Michigan. Established in 2012, the office aims to foster innovation and support economic growth by connecting entrepreneurs to government resources, providing STEM education programs for students and teachers, gathering feedback from regional stakeholders, and recruiting diverse talent from the Midwest region.
Services offered by the office include hosting free events on trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets, providing consultations with patent and trademark experts, offering free publications, arranging speakers for events, conducting interviews with patent examiners, organizing office tours, facilitating K-12 events and teacher professional development workshops, reserving public search workstations, and providing access to Patent Trial and Appeal Board hearings. The office also houses a public search room equipped with search tools used by USPTO employees for examining patent and trademark applications.
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