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USPTO Slashes Pendency With New Exam Process

By Erik Larson (March 15, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Patent applications for ink cartridge technology usually take more than two years to get the green light from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but the agency slashed 18 months from that average with the first patent issued using its new accelerated examination process, the USPTO said Thursday....

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