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USPTO puts pendency, backlog in its crosshairs with new initiatives

By Melissa Ritti ( November 17, 2025, 21:00 GMT | Comment) -- Recent changes aimed at shortening the time it takes to receive a first office action from the US Patent and Trademark Office could be especially beneficial for solo inventors and other small and medium-sized enterprises. For foreign filers or those seeking protection for innovations not easily distilled to 10 patent claims or less, however, the wait continues.The window is open to convert an existing but as-yet-unexamined patent application into one made special under the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program....

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