Accelerated examination of patent applications in Australia

Invention patent applications in Australia involving the following technologies or situations can be accelerated by requesting IP Australia to issue the first examination action within 8 weeks without the applicant having to pay any official fees. The reasons for accelerated examination are as follows:

• Patent applications involving green technology
• Patent applications involving commercial operations or pending patent implementation
• Patent applications involving infringement disputes or potential infringement risks that are about to occur
• Urgent need to start production or complete market research
• Need to license the invention to a third party
• Related Green Technologies
• Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)