{"id":3784,"date":"2023-06-14T18:03:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thoughtstopaper.com\/blog\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2023-07-18T11:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:37:54","slug":"us-patent-office-offering-fast-examination-for-1000-first-time-patent-applicants-at-no-additional-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thoughtstopaper.com\/blog\/us-patent-office-offering-fast-examination-for-1000-first-time-patent-applicants-at-no-additional-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Patent Office Offering Fast Examination for 1,000 First Time Patent Applicants at No Additional Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it is your first time applying for a nonprovisional patent application in the US, the US Patent Office is offering free expedited examination for the first 1,000 applications that request it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of today, the US Patent Office has given free expedited examination to only 13 patent applications so there are plenty of spots left.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You must still pay for the patent application, but you will be pushed to the front of the line and your patent application will be looked at within a few months instead of the normal year or more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To qualify:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>It must be the first time you have applied for a US nonprovisional patent application (you still qualify if you have filed provisional patent apps in the past)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>You must have a gross annual income in 2022 of less than $212,352<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having a patent application pushed to the front of the line is normally available for all patent applications for an additional fee of at least $868, so this is a great program to allow a first timer to have their patent application reviewed quickly for no additional fee.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We still need to prepare your patent application and our fee to prepare and file a nonprovisional utility patent application can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtstopaper.com\/patent-applications\/utility-patent-application.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtstopaper.com\/patent-applications\/utility-patent-application.php\">Utility Patent Application<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will write your patent application and then submit it with a request for first timer expedited examination. 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