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<p>Yes, see <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/end-accelerated-examination/">The
end of Accelerated Examination</a>, posted February 18, 2017.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/2025 7:55 AM, Dan Feigelson via
Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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<div>Shocked, I'm just shocked. I mean, who would have
expected a program requiring applicants to do their own
searches and expose themselves to charges of inequitable
conduct to be under utilized when applicants can pay a
(large) fee to accomplish the same thing but without the
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at
4:45\u202fPM U.S. Patent and Trademark Office <<a
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<h2>USPTO
discontinuing
Accelerated
Examination
program for
utility
applications</h2>
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<p><span>Beginning
on July </span><span>10</span><span>,
2025</span><span>,
the </span><span>U.S.
Patent and
Trademark
Office
(USPTO) </span><span>will
no longer
accept
petitions
under the </span><a
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Examination
program</b></b></span></a><span><b><b> </b></b></span><span>for
utility</span><span> patent
applications. The Accelerated Examination program will remain in effect
for design
applications,
which do not
currently have
an alternative
expedited
examination
program. </span><span> </span></p>
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<p><span>Discontinuing
Accelerated
Examination
for utility
applications
frees up
examining
resources to
be devoted to
older,
unexamined
utility
applications,
thereby
supporting our
broader
efforts to
reduce
pendency.
Additionally,
we\u2019ve observed
a steady
decline in the
number of
requests for
Accelerated
Examination.
In each of the
fiscal years
2014 to 2024,
fewer than 100
applicants
have utilized
Accelerated
Examination.</span><span> </span></p>
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