Initiatives & Events
- After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0)
- Software Partnership
- RCE Outreach
- Patents End-to-End (PE2E) Demo (Video) Webcast of the PE2E Demo with an introduction by Director Kappos on the advantages it will bring to both examiners and applicants
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USPTO Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) External User Day - December 14, 2012
- CPC User Day (Video) Webcast of the December 2012 CPC event undertaken by the USPTO to educate and inform external stakeholders about the CPC system
- Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program
- First-Action Interview Pilot Program
- Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Implementation
- Prioritized Examination - Track I and Prioritized Examination for RCEs
- Accelerated Examination
- Patents for Humanity an awards competition for patent owners and licensees
- Patent Examiner Technical Training Program
- Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program
- New Patent Examiner Count System
- Streamlined Patent Reexamination Proceedings Roundtable
- Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership Conferences
- Complex Work Unit Program
