USPTO Ending First Action Interview Pilot Program
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 In a Director’s Forum blog on the importance of interview practice to the patent examination process, the USPTO announced that the First Action Interview Pilot Program is going to end on January 15, 2021, largely due to underuse. The First Action Interview Pilot Program The First Action Interview Pilot Program has been running for 12 years, but its popularity never took off. The basic premise of the program is explained on its USPTO webpage: Under the Full First Action Interview Pilot Program, an applicant is entitled to a first action interview, up...