The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), in collaboration with academic and business professionals, established the Peer Review Pilot Program (the “Pilot”) to test whether “the organized collection and submission of documents together with comments by the public will produce better examination results by presenting prior art known by the public to the Examiner early in the prosecution.”
The Peer Review Pilot Program at the USPTO
The USPTO established the Peer Review Pilot Program (the "Pilot") to test whether "the organized collection and submission of documents together with comments by the public will produce better examination results by presenting prior art known by the public to the Examiner early in the prosecution." The USPTO is expected to publish a comprehensive report outlining the results and next steps.
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