Speedier prosecution for “green” UK patent applications
An initiative has been announced that will allow patent applications with an environmental benefit to be fast-tracked through the UK patent system. The UK Government is implementing the scheme as part of its measures to tackle climate change. It is believed that the initiative will help businesses working in green technologies to get patent rights quicker and therefore potentially speed up the time taken to get products to market.
The initiative applies both to new applications and to existing patent applications. It is hoped that the prosecution time to obtain grant for applications processed under this scheme could be reduced from the average of two to three years to around nine months, as green patent applications will be given priority over other applications.
If you have an invention that relates to technology that can reasonably be described as giving rise some environmental
benefit and are interested in accelerating patent grant in the UK, please contact your usual patent attorney.
Ben Lincoln
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