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IPO Comments on USPTO Three-Track Examination Proposal

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

By James DeGiulio -- On June 4, in an effort to address the application backlog and its alleged negative impact on innovation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice concerning an Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative (75 Fed. Reg. 31763). The initiative would, among other provisions, create three examination tracks: an accelerated examination track, a traditional examination track, and a delayed examination track (see "USPTO Director Announces New Examination Options"). As part of that initiative, the Office called for input from the patent community regarding the proposal. On August 20, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) answered the...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 01, 2010 (boomark / email).