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USPTO Extends Deadline for Patent Application Exchange Program

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

By Donald Zuhn -- On Monday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was extending the deadline for the Project Exchange program. Under the Project Exchange program, an applicant can have an application accorded special status for examination if the applicant expressly abandons another co-pending unexamined application. The program was launched on November 27, 2009 as the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, and initially was open only to small entity applicants. In February, the small entity requirement was eliminated and the program was extended to December 31, 2010, or the date on which 10,000 applications are accorded...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on November 25, 2010 (boomark / email).