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Aug. 18, 2016
A new life for rejected patents
IP WATCH: A USPTO pilot program offers a second chance after final rejection, though it's scheduled to end on Jan. 12, 2017, or when 1,600 requests have been accepted, whichever comes first. By Anjali Moorthy
IP WATCH
A brand new patent prosecution program known as the Post-Prosecution Pilot Program (P3 Initiative) seeks to streamline the options available for responding to a final rejection issued for a patent application by permitting additional and more direct dialogue between patent applicants and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The current prosecution mo...
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