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Patent highway opens between UK and USA.

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Byline: Kim Thomas

A one-year pilot scheme to speed up the processing of patent applications in the UK and the US has been launched, writes Kim Thomas.

The Patent Prosecution Highway will let patent applicants who have received an examination report from the patent office in one country to ask for a faster examination of the corresponding patent application in the other country.

Based on an agreement between the UK ...

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