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Patent Office
gives patent applicants option for accelerated examination.
Basically, if the applicant does a decent patent search and provides the
patent examiner with the search results and opinion, the examination
will be accelerated to reach final decision within 12 months.; This is a
major advance since most applicants WANT the examiner to review the most
relevant art so that the patent is more likely to stand up in any court
challenge.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/accelerated/
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US Patent Office receives
443,000 new patent applications. Despite increasing
fees, patent applications continue to be filed in ever increasing
numbers. In 2005, the USPTO received a record 409,000 new patent
applications.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/annual/2006/50302_table2.html
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The Korean
Patent Office is now an approved Int. Search Authority for US filed PCT
applications. It is, in fact, the cheapest
at $232 versus the US search fee of $300 and the much, much higher EPO
search fee of $2059.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/org/2006/week33/patpcti.htm |
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