Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is implementing a pilot program intended to reduce pendency and applicant costs when an information disclosure statement (IDS) is filed after payment of the issue fee. This pilot program will permit an examiner to consider an IDS after payment of the issue fee without the need to reopen prosecution, effectively obviating the need to pursue a request for continued examination (RCE). Where the examiner determines that no item of information in the IDS necessitates reopening prosecution, the Office will issue a corrected notice of allowability. In addition to reducing pendency, this pilot program will promote efficiency in the examination process. There will be no fee required to use this program, beyond existing fees, e.g., fees for IDS submission.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/05/10/2012-11222/quick-path-information-disclosure-statement-qpids-pilot-program (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mention in title or summary )
- Fee
- Fee mentioned in title or summary (Confirmed in the document text)
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 2012-05-10
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
Everything in the same category
Read the news (all 1988) · both (all 2333)
Related entry points
- After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0
- Request for Comments on Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Practice
- Pilot Program for Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings
- Request for Comments on Proposed Change To Missing Parts Practice
- Pilot Program for Extended Time Period To Reply to a Notice To File Missing Parts of Nonprovisional Application
- Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims
- Revision of Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review and Information Disclosure Statements
- Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs
- Request for Comments and Notice of Roundtable Event on Leveraging Electronic Resources To Retrieve Information From Applicant's Other Applications and Streamline Patent Issuance
- Extension of the Full First Action Interview Pilot Program and Request for Comments
- Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative; Notice of Public Meeting
- Access to Relevant Prior Art Initiative
- Post-Prosecution Pilot Program
- Revision of Patent Term Adjustment Provisions Relating to Information Disclosure Statements
- Changes To Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters
- PCT Informed Examination Request Pilot Program