UK Patents – Step on It!
August 17th, 2009
UK Patents are, as we noted before, fast.
Normally, a UK patent application will be examined with a full search and examination report within 4 months of the day of the request.
However, in some cases, even this is not enough.
The examiners have the power to accelerate the examination even more. If a special reason (such as actual infringment) for accelerating the examination exists, a letter to the examiner can have your application reach examination within a few weeks. Just to let you know.