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USPTO launches COVID-19 Response Resource Center

USPTO launches COVID-19 Response Resource Center as central hub for USPTO initiatives, programs, and other important IP-related information regarding the ongoing outbreak

Joint message from the USPTO and the JPO: For the future of innovation

USPTO and the JPO are committed to working together to incentivize innovations that can help overcome the COVID-19 pandemic

USPTO to allow filing of initial patent term extension applications via patent electronic filing systems in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

Patentees will be permitted to file initial patent term extension applications that meet certain criteria via EFS-Web or Patent Center

USPTO grants further relief for certain patent-related fees and deadlines

As stakeholders continue to navigate the effects of the pandemic in various ways, and as more and more of them are resuming operations, the USPTO will again extend certain deadlines

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