Quick Path
IDS (QPIDS) Pilot
Program
Extended
to run through Sep. 30, 2014 December
01, 2013 Tatsuo
YABE |
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QPIDSパイロットプログラムを2014年9月30日まで延長することとなった。(2013年11月26日PTOアナウンス)
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/qpids.jsp
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Issue Fee支払後であっても以下の書類を添えて(要件を整え)電子的にファイルすることでRCEを実際にはすることなくIDSが考慮される可能性がある。
以下(4)に規定されているように、QPIDSを実施する場合にはRCE費用を伴いRCEを申請する必要はあるが、この申請は仮申請と理解される。
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(1)
A transmittal form that designates the submission as a QPIDS submission, such as
form PTO/SB/09.
http://www.uspto.gov/forms/sb0009.pdf
(2) An IDS, including a
timeliness statement as set forth in 37 CFR 1.97(e) and the IDS fee set forth in
37 CFR 1.17(p).
(3) A Web‐based
ePetition to withdraw from issue under 37 CFR 1.313(c)(2), including the
petition fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(h).
(4) A RCE, including
the RCE fee under 37 CFR 1.17(e).
(5) An authorization to
charge all fees associated with the QPIDS submission to a USPTO deposit account.
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form PTO/SB/09
SAMPLE
Quick
Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS)
The Quick Path
Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) pilot program is part of the USPTO's
on-going efforts towards compact prosecution and pendency reduction.
In particular, the
QPIDS pilot program eliminates the requirement for processing of a request for
continued examination (RCE) with an information disclosure statement (IDS) filed
after payment of the issue fee in order for the IDS to be considered by the
examiner. Where the examiner determines that no item of information in the
IDS necessitates reopening prosecution, the USPTO will issue a corrected notice
of allowability.
The QPIDS pilot program
has been extended to run through September 30, 2014. All compliant
requests for consideration of an information disclosure statement under the
QPIDS pilot program filed on or before September 30, 2014, will be
considered.
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