Accelerated Patent Examination
Accelerated Patent Examination
The U.S. Patent Office has between about a 1.5 year and 5 year backlog before responding with even a first Office Action. If you're over 65 or are patenting technology in specific area, you can automatically cut in front of the line. For everyone else, it's a matter of paying an extra $2,810 (including all fees required) to the government (or $5,230 for large corporations). More details on the requirements for an accelerated patent application are below.
Requirements
1) File a "Petition for Accelerated Examination" with your initial patent filing.
2) File your application electronically. (All applications filed by the Law Office of Michael J. Feigin, Esq. are filed electronically.)
3) File no more than 20 claims with up to 3 independent claims. (For a non-accelerated application, this is same number which is included with the basic U.S. Patent Office filing fees.)
4) Submit an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) with a maximum of 20 prior art references which are materially relevant to the claims in your patent application.
5) Submit the fees.
