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USPTO releases additional information on the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program

New webpage offers additional resources and information to help small and micro entities “fast track” COVID-19-related patent applications

USPTO announces COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for small and micro entities

New pilot program will prioritize examination of patent applications related to COVID-19 

Statement from Director Andrei Iancu on the loss of former USPTO Director Q. Todd Dickinson

The USPTO mourns the loss of The Honorable Q. Todd Dickinson, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO

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As we embark on the next wave of technological and industrial revolutions, we must ensure that we continue to have a robust IP system, with rights that are reliable, predictable, and meaningfully enforceable. This is, in fact, more important now than ever.
- DIRECTOR ANDREI IANCU
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Thomas Hong (right) with officers from the Korean-American Intellectual Property Organization at the USPTO.

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