Expedited Patent Appeal Pilot
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a procedure under which an application will be advanced out of turn (accorded special status) for examination if the applicant files a petition to make special with the appropriate showing. The USPTO is providing a temporary basis (the Expedited Patent Appeal Pilot) under which an appellant may have an ex parte appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) accorded special status if the appellant withdraws the appeal in another application in which an ex parte appeal is also pending before the Board. The Expedited Patent Appeal Pilot will allow appellants having multiple ex parte appeals currently pending before the Board to have greater control over the priority with which their appeals are decided and reduce the backlog of appeals pending before the Board.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
- —
- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/06/15/2015-14754/expedited-patent-appeal-pilot (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
- No fee mention in title or summary )
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 2015-06-15
- 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
- Streamlined, Expedited Patent Appeal Pilot for Small Entities
- Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
- Expansion and Extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
- Extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
- Extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan
- Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program
- Standards Participation and Representation Kudos (SPARK) Pilot Program
- Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs
- Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims
- Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction
- Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program
- Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative; Notice of Public Meeting
- Expansion and Extension of the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program
- Request To Make Special Program for the Law School Clinic Certification Patent Pilot Program
- Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals
- Sunset of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan and a Limited Extension of the Green Technology Pilot Program