DesignVision is the latest step in the agency’s broader efforts to streamline and modernize examination and reduce application

Under these programs, when a U.S. patent applicant receives a U.S. patent, the partner office will accelerate its

Discontinuing Accelerated Examination for utility applications frees up examining resources to be devoted to older, unexamined utility applications

Publishing eGrants via Patent Center and eliminating redundancies in the process has reduced the time between grant notification