USPTO discontinuing Accelerated Examination program for utility applications

Beginning on July 10, the USPTO will no longer accept petitions under the Accelerated Examination program for utility patent applications.

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. News Brief USPTO discontinuing Accelerated Examination program for utility applications Beginning on July 10, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will no longer accept petitions under the Accelerated Examination program for utility patent applications. The Accelerated Examination program will remain in effect for design applications, which do not currently have an alternative expedited examination program.   Discontinuing Accelerated Examination for utility applications frees up examining resources to be devoted to older, unexamined utility applications, thereby supporting our broader efforts to reduce pendency. Additionally, we've observed a steady decline in the number of requests for Accelerated Examination. In each of the fiscal years 2014 to 2024, fewer than 100 applicants have utilized Accelerated Examination.  Please visit the Federal Register to read the Final Rule in its entirety.    ​  ​      ​    ​  Having trouble accessing links in this email? Your email server security software may be altering the links. Contact your IT or email administrator and ask them to "allow-list" links-1.govdelivery.com and links-2.govdelivery.com to ensure you can access all content in this communication. Stay connected with the USPTO by subscribing to regular email updates. Visit our subscription center at www.uspto.gov/subscribe to update or change your email preferences. This email was sent from an unmonitored mailbox. To contact us, please visit our website www.uspto.gov/about/contacts. To ensure that you continue to receive our news and notices, please modify your email filters to allow mail from subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov.

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