New USPTO COVID-19 Initiatives - Intellectual Property
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. As much of the United States is taking steps towards "getting back to normal," the USPTO continues to implement programs to encourage investment and innovation in technologies addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the USPTO expanded the Patents for Humanity program to add a category for COVID-19 related inventions and separately rolled out a new pilot program offering fee-free expedited ex parte appeals for patent applications related to certain categories of COVID-19 inventions. P...
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