PTAB's "fast-track" pilots available for regular and COVID-19 related ex parte appeals

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PTAB's "fast-track" pilots available for regular and COVID-19 related ex parte appeals

Guest blog by Scott Boalick, Chief Judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has two programs to expedite our turnaround time for ex parte appeals. By speeding up patentability determinations on new inventions, we aim to quicken the pace at which products or services embodied in these inventions reach the marketplace, spurring follow-on innovation, economic growth, and job creation.

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