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> 4 months If you're talking about the `134 patent, it was in the USPTO's Track One program for expedited processing. Basically you pay a fee and get a much qu
by monochromatic 14y ago
> 4 months
If you're talking about the `134 patent, it was in the USPTO's Track One program for expedited processing. Basically you pay a fee and get a much quicker examination.
- malandrew 14y agoA more just solution for fast tracking would be to commit to a FIFO approach requiring the filing entity to pay to fast tracking every patent in line ahead of their patent, so that patent clerks can get to their patent faster.
- thwarted 14y agoDoes fast tracking change the "first to file" order?
- monochromatic 14y agoIf you mean "does it allow your application to be examined before earlier-filed applications" then the answer is yes. ("First to file" is a term that has a lot of baggage, so I wanted to be clear.)
- thwarted 14y agoWell, yeah it changes the order they are examined in, but does it allow one to pay to beat someone else who may have a competing patent in such a way that the payer can be the originator of the invention in question? Agreed, there is a lot of baggage around this, making it hard to talk about. Does "first to file" really mean "first to have examined"?