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USPTO opens peer review pilot to business methods

21 July 2008

Eileen McDermott, New York

The USPTO has expanded its peer-to-patent pilot project to include business method patents

The Office also announced that it will extend the duration and increase the maximum number of applications eligible for the project.

The pilot project began on June 15 last year and was designed to help US patent examiners...



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