Patent - USPTO to Give Patent Filers Accelerated Review Option

USPTO to Give Patent Filers Accelerated Review Option

The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is publishing procedures setting forth requirements for patent applicants who want, within 12 months, a final decision by the examiner on whether their application for a patent will be granted or denied. To be eligible for “accelerated examination,” applicants who file under this procedure will be required to provide specific information so that review of the application can be completed rapidly and accurately.

Jon Dudas, under secretary of commerce for intellectual property, explained the proposal by noting that “accelerated examination can provide innovators with the early certainty they may need to attract investors or protect their inventions against infringers.”

Any invention that is new, useful, non-obvious, and which is accompanied by a written description disclosing how to make

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