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January 4, 2012 One feature of the recently enacted America Invents Act is the implementation of the Prioritized Patent Examination (Track I) program. The USPTO's goal for applications under the new program is to provide a final disposition (e.g., a notice of allowance, final Office action, abandonment, etc.) within twelve months of being given prioritized status. The additional government fee to enter the program is quite significant (currently $4,800 per application for large entities or $2,400 per application for small entities). To qualify for prioritized examination, a newly filed application must meet the following requirements:
Alternatively, the recently enacted USPTO rules allow an applicant to request prioritized examination concurrently with or after filing a request for continued examination (RCE) and before the mailing of a first Office action after the filing of the RCE. The other requirements noted above apply. Once the application is accorded special status after the filing of an RCE, it will be placed on the Examiner’s special docket throughout its entire course of continued prosecution before the Examiner until a final disposition is reached in the application. Only a single request for prioritized examination with or after filing an RCE may be granted in an application. The program is initially limited to a maximum of 10,000 applications for the first year. Applicants should also be aware that prioritized examination terminates if an applicant files an amendment resulting in more than four independent claims, more than thirty total claims, or a multiple dependent claim, requests an extension of time for filing a reply, or files an RCE or notice of appeal. |
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