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USPTO Publishes Notice Regarding Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative

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

By Donald Zuhn -- In a press conference held earlier this month, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos presented a proposal for a new patent examination initiative -- the "Three-Track" program -- for which the Office has begun seeking comment (see "USPTO Director Announces New Examination Options"). Following the press conference, the Office published a notice in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 31763) providing additional details concerning the Three-Track program, or Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative. According to the notice, the Three-Track program will apply to U.S. applications that do not claim the benefit of a foreign-filed...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).