Initiatives

Qualifying applications are advanced out of turn for examination until the first Office Action. The program is open until the earlier of March 11, 2025 or until 1,000 petitions are granted.

Lists of future and past Partnership Meetings, implemented as a collaborative effort to give the IP community and the USPTO a forum to discuss items of mutual interest.

Learn more about the established procedures under which the examination of a patent application may be accelerated.

Providing high-quality, efficient examination of patent application is paramount to our mission at USPTO.

USPTO awards competition recognizing innovators who use game-changing technology to meet global humanitarian challenges.

Patents Ombuds services contact form

The Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) program is part of the USPTO's on-going efforts towards compact prosecution and pendency reduction.

Track One and Prioritized Examination for RCEs

Learn more details about the mechanisms available to third parties who wish to submit patents.