### Question
How does PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS define invention promoter?


### Answer
Under *35 U.S.C. § 297*, **invention promoter** is defined as:

> any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity who offers to perform or performs invention promotion services for, or on behalf of, a customer, and who holds itself out through advertising in any mass media as providing such services, but does not include—


(A) any department or agency of the Federal Government or of a State or local government

#### Citation:
  - *35 U.S.C. § 297*
  - Heading: **PART III-PATENTS AND PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS > CHAPTER 29-REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT, AND OTHER ACTIONS**

