Starting September 1, 2025, all Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) hearings will be held in-person.

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