The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will continue its program allowing faster examination of inventions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an upcoming Federal Register notice.
The deadline to submit applications to the pilot program will now end March 31, after the office previously set the end date for Friday, according to a notice to be published Thursday in the Federal Register.
The COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program lets patent applicants ask for a faster review without paying examination and processing fees if they are filing for coronavirus-related inventions or the claims are subject to Food and Drug Administration ...
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