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    <p>Well maybe not painless, but as a point of clarity I did say <i>most</i>
      painless :-D</p>
    <p>I assumed here (probably shouldn't have) that you were going US
      only, and wanted acceleration immediately. Track One is the most <i>straightforward</i>
      way to do that, unless you have an inventor &gt; 65 years -
      accelerate due to age I have found to usually be very promptly
      handled by the Office.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/10/2025 1:26 AM, Carl Oppedahl
      wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:620d3b42-9a7b-4f99-9dbf-b8c66f0a5824@oppedahl.com">
      
      <p>I don't think of Track I as painless.&nbsp; See <a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/pph-use-track/" moz-do-not-send="true">PPH? Why not use Track I?</a> dated
        April 21, 2014.&nbsp; To get into Track I, the applicant is required
        to cough up many thousands of dollars on a domestic US filing <i>at
          a time when the applicant does not yet know whether or not the
          invention is patentable</i>.</p>
      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/2025 7:40 PM, Timothy Snowden
        via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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      <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:DS0PR12MB65831E5197F33DB9BB4CD977A66AA@DS0PR12MB6583.namprd12.prod.outlook.com">
        <p>I'm guessing Track One (of course, Rocket Docket for design
          has been terminated).</p>
        <p>Accelerated Examination is a nightmare - read Carl's article
          he posted earlier.<br>
          However, many people want <i>prioritized </i>examination --
          which is a broader category. Track One is the most painless
          way to get there by paying 2 fees (Track One fee + processing
          fee) at the time of filing. There is a form you have to fill
          out -- it has to be filed <i>at the time of filing</i>,
          including all fees, and there are some claim count fees. Make
          sure you review the form 2 or 3 times to make sure you have
          all the requirements met. Most of them can't be fixed after
          filing (you're application will be fine, but you'll lose the
          opportunity for Track One without refiling). Track One usually
          gets youa first action in about 6 months.<br>
        </p>
        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/2025 8:00 PM, Stanley H.
          Kremen via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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        <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:0B04D6D9-BCC5-4678-A3E7-2AD435A592CE@shk-dplc.com">
          He told me \u201cRocket Docket,\u201d like they use in Design
          Applications. He wants the path to a patent to be as fast as
          possible. He is willing to pay the necessary fees.&nbsp;
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          <div>Stan Kremen&nbsp;</div>
          <div>Ll<br>
            <div>
              <div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>
              <div dir="ltr"><br>
                <blockquote type="cite">On Jun 9, 2025, at 6:06\u202fPM,
                  Timothy Snowden via Patentpractice <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a>
                  wrote:<br>
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                <div dir="ltr">\ufeff
                  <p>Do you mean Accelerated Examination, or Track One?<br>
                  </p>
                  <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/2025 5:03 PM,
                    Stanley H. Kremen via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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                  <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:607F490A-23F9-429D-8C54-50DAE5283E2B@shk-dplc.com"> My client
                    wants me to file his latest utility application via
                    accelerated examination. Aside from the increased
                    fees, what are any other PTO requirements?
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                    <div>Thanks for the info.&nbsp;</div>
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                    <div>Stan Kremen&nbsp;</div>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>
                      <div dir="ltr"><br>
                        <blockquote type="cite">On Jun 9, 2025, at
                          10:23\u202fAM, Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" moz-do-not-send="true">&lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a>
                          wrote:<br>
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                        <div dir="ltr">\ufeff
                          <p>And see <a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/whither-accelerated-examination/" moz-do-not-send="true">Whither Accelerated
                              Examination?</a> posted April 16, 2017. <br>
                          </p>
                          <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/2025 8:05
                            AM, Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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                          <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:439ba26c-43f6-4207-a5ce-177ac9e9febb@oppedahl.com">
                            <p>Yes, see <a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/end-accelerated-examination/" moz-do-not-send="true">The end of
                                Accelerated Examination</a>, posted
                              February 18, 2017.<br>
                            </p>
                            <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.&nbsp; 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 exposure?</div>
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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 &lt;<a href="mailto:subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov</a>&gt;
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                                                accept petitions under
                                                the&nbsp;Accelerated
                                                Examination program&nbsp;for
                                                utility&nbsp;patent
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                                                          <h2>USPTO
                                                          discontinuing
                                                          Accelerated
                                                          Examination
                                                          program for
                                                          utility
                                                          applications</h2>
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                                                          <p><span>Beginning
                                                          on July&nbsp;</span><span>10</span><span>,
                                                          2025</span><span>,
                                                          the&nbsp;</span><span>U.S.
                                                          Patent and
                                                          Trademark
                                                          Office
                                                          (USPTO)&nbsp;</span><span>will
                                                          no longer
                                                          accept
                                                          petitions
                                                          under the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://gcfagjf.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/cl/svhkuDHeju6YGu_wkaKsmignECZv9w01S9GI1Oxxw0gZOhMynNwg0A_A8bA8adpp2skiCERgUwNf8qNduCa4HOtLFawJ2GVuQn-ma--RMmTQj4oJLyrign8vpdlWlbcpHPGKnxm5lncn83KgUqvbBJVoMfp8XmmnvJPwsx8bgri0F6TLlSRlo6F-lysJWOBcPJyQ2G9wwDyooi706XCr0g03upxy6q8XFRV0SCg8JlAzpy6hkhKZqYoj9mUZKhulK7i4gMZD6Q4aytxLN-E2Hdmm3XwnRS3ngyzJzZrj-8VeqWNTPYdLEI1V9nRs1idwvA0h39TJiWBcZJOrNO8jqZ6Tg2rO2R5MjNn1MMHdtgy_JKIwqFc97ce3rlOf0FBKmpVu86VNffIUf2TrWpVBFOapMkWBoVhSIPaD3r3S6tcjz-ZBIEVxLkWx-kV5CxbhWxzSw-m8TdJLLD58cjOzomOC6PFOP5RZvEJYOTSClXAYVdQ5f-QoauxT22FPozyyJMOKlzmkQfHcjWJNefzVYG1Djptt1vAVTxUn8QPjKcosMIVIrT7mwkhqbut2jMA8qvvLxrxCaZNrEfCKR-1lOeuTqWd_FMdhOIsGupyZ112l87FYQ7M8JLCEMYhXKEu9BxMuqrp89snOv3fqKZ0NReLJIOb-fC1-rIJLM4R42w-_CYi6DH1FgerlcDn82YmuvklhnUamhaqOcEYjWXhiJJPjxmHciDIRkhleko7sfzhLhi1DIbUKG6egi0E" rel="noopener" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span><b><b>Accelerated
                                                          Examination
                                                          program</b></b></span></a><span><b><b>&nbsp;</b></b></span><span>for
                                                          utility</span><span>&nbsp;patent
applications.&nbsp;The Accelerated Examination program will remain in effect
                                                          for design
                                                          applications,
                                                          which do not
                                                          currently have
                                                          an alternative
                                                          expedited
                                                          examination
                                                          program.&nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                                          <p><span>Please
                                                          visit the
                                                          Federal
                                                          Register to
                                                          read&nbsp;</span><a href="https://gcfagjf.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/cl/14kxZAh3iYVL8DGxS7JaA-SJiirO4XFS6ni_w-ixSQ_WcN9rk9eTCMwyjUPhZEhRhQ3tUsrWfyxTisQGvRRQP-rLdh104J-9bA_-G-j4uO5ZJNmt7W23G5B6nYmXTP4a4Tzrgil-TuOOq4ZJHI0SZCOCnOr_KwvnQ6-FrBVBq-QquyAP8H0W-teLKHPe3HnVBUmwhvMB_SliwB2ZW5mobYyGQmCRPobgjAZyxh2obEWTVeHocsK0dGs-Jd6k-0jsx7NJ8Xb4HdySrTO7CsyAGrg4FCAZxEwurOSfexYCfn49Hrd-YaiEvPe0bcnjSQrydt9OV-wClTpi7xJfspgeQDhxHABgQ5LYmmOHloDmWiParNOhqWl-3pqrfK54WCk4nvK2F747SsuMTE31cRLNBo_QFVf-4xeXj42O-JYXQZy0O1irLf8rPlPJb6xyg5phLzfk_9Qjhhb7LDagKSniyjcv7qa80cZAytlZgg38RFiPNx4PyWReFO7pcVgfK37Fbf3OgZZv1wdt7U55wnFyJqbZEpyR_Qg8JNlck48cjYv6XjNKUvfUx22Q0knoQuqQEtmy3-xEnlhMkK8Q7PEPlhUhublQbPIZmbe7DN6-gLPl-NzCP_AQmdsXbhTPjk5TWyQ-XIHbihIWfHxyG7rMMZcNohWiCRoOZ6U-PJAaZLKS-yGwxwSwCzq7gzGvu1hulMcx1DwJP0x_DTlFab11HKyHQBv8dngTP-vXG9Ogy20Hkxt6eYCPyiRtr3F799UZOAY2jmKhuMKguj9-ab5lvbGYzQsBlgjlEop2Zw0eLIa_P_AXboTOvEZSTxTVHO9_roPmwqHsCrtZVQvXu51CoW8OOB2sHok" title="
 (opens in a new window)" rel="noopener" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span><b><b>the Final Rule in its&nbsp;entirety</b></b></span></a><span>.&nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;</span></p>
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