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USPTO: small entity patent applicants have opportunity to move up in the queue

By Jim Singer

On November 27, 2009, the USPTO announced a plan to reduce its backlog of pending patent applications filed by small entities.  Under the new plan, a patent applicant who both (a) qualifies for small entity status and (b) holds multiple pending patent applications may ask that one of the applications be given “special status” – [...]

Full post as published by IP Spotlight on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).