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Intellectual Property

Nov. 13, 2010

PTO Extends Green Tech Program

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, hoping to bolster green technology patent innovations, has extended its program that allows applicants to skip ahead to the front of the line and loosened the requirements to qualify.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, hoping to bolster green technology patent innovations, extended its program that allows applicants to skip ahead to the front of the line and loosened the requirements to qualify.


The program was scheduled to expire Dec. 8, but PTO chief David Kappos extended the pilot program through the end of 2011.


The program, launched in December 2009 to encourage...

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