Accelerated Examination requires a full patentability search and a
petition detailing the search filed electronically with the Application
contrasting the claimed invention with the pertinent prior art and specifying
how the claimed invention is patentably distinguished the over the prior art.
This has been the modus operandi of patents pending from the start:
conduct a proper classification search first; prepare an Application
broadly claiming the invention in contrast to the prior art; and then file.
Nearly all the US Patents shown in Appendix here average 19 months from
filing to issue in result although a petition requesting expedited examination
based on the search was not usually filed: the Applications discussed the
prior art and were all filed in full and proper condition for Allowance.
Since August 26, 2006 Petitions Requesting Accelerated Examination
have required global searches inclusive of all published prior art and are
very rigorous: only 2,500 Applications in the first three years even tried.
Average backlogs for examination have since increased from 1.5 to 3 years.
Because the search and petition make examination relatively easy, and since
Accelerated Examination is the only means the US Patent Office has to
ameliorate their crushing overload, this procedure now can result in Issue
within six months of filing as demonstrated by US 7,741,974 viewable below.
