The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has named Georgia PATENTS its No. 1 pro bono patent program in the country for the number of lawyers and patent agents it fielded who helped low-income inventors with patent applications.

Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, which manages Georgia PATENTS, in turn named Ballard Spahr its Law Firm of the Year for the third year in a row—ever since the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched the pro bono patent program.