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IPO and BIO Submit Comments on USPTO Reexamination Voucher Proposal

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this fall, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was seeking comments regarding a proposal to incentivize the creation and distribution of humanitarian technologies by offering fast-track ex parte reexamination vouchers to patent holders "demonstrating humanitarian uses of patented technologies" (see "USPTO Looking for Ways to Incentivize Humanitarian Technologies"). The Office noted that the proposed voucher pilot program would be similar to a program being offered by the Food and Drug Administration, which grants priority review vouchers to entities that develop drugs to treat neglected tropical diseases. On Friday, both the Intellectual Property...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on November 23, 2010 (boomark / email).