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

The order sanctions respondents and terminates trademark application proceedings in which respondents improperly entered applicant and attorney signatures

The USPTO will begin implementing statutory penalties for falsely made assertions or certifications of small and micro entity

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