美国专利商标局（USPTO）今天宣布了专利审判和上诉委员会（PTAB）开始受理加速解决单方面上诉请愿书的计划。“快速通道上诉试点计划”于2020年7月2日启动，所需请愿费为400美元。

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced plans for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to begin accepting petitions for expedited resolution of ex parte appeals. The “Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program” launches July 2, 2020. The required petition fee is $400.

美国商务部负责知识产权事务的副部长兼美国专利商标局局长安德烈·伊安库说：“快速通道上诉试点计划是‘第一轨道’优先审查计划的延伸，该计划已被证明在我国的创新者中非常受欢迎。在美国专利商标局史上，这是第一次申请人可以加速专利审查和单方面上诉，申请人可以在通常时间的一半时间里就能收到对他们而言最重要的发明的决定。”

"The Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program serves as an extension of the Track One prioritized examination program, which has proven to be very popular with our nation’s innovators,” said Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. “For the first time in USPTO history, applicants will be able to speed up both patent examination and ex parte appeals, thus obtaining decisions on their most important inventions in about half the time of a typical application."

美国专利商标局预计，快速通道上诉试点计划下的单方面上诉审查将平均在申请获批之日起六个月内做出决定。“近年来，我们取得了长足进展，将上诉未决时间从2015年的平均高达30个月左右减少到目前的平均14个月左右，” 专利审判和上诉委员会首席法官斯科特·博阿利克说，“我很高兴专利审判和上诉委员会现在能为有需要申请者提供一个更快的通道，允许发明家和企业更快地将其专利发明商业化。”

The USPTO expects that the average ex parte appeal reviewed under the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program will be decided within six months from the date a petition is granted. “We have made great strides in recent years reducing our appeal pendency from a high of about 30 months on average in 2015 to a current average of about 14 months,” said Scott Boalick, Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. “I am thrilled that the PTAB will now be able to offer an even faster track for applicants who need it, allowing inventors and businesses to commercialize their patentable inventions sooner.”

在该方案实施期间，对单方面申诉进行快速审查的请愿获批最初将限制在每个财政年度最多500次，或每个季度最多125次。为了保证申诉的如期进行，该计划下的口头听证会将会加快进行，一旦安排，将不会再改期或重新安排。

Petition grants for fast-track review of ex parte appeals will initially be limited to a maximum of 500 per fiscal year, or 125 per quarter, for the program’s duration. In order to keep appeals on schedule, oral hearings under the program will be expedited and, once scheduled, will not be rescheduled or relocated.

有关快速通道上诉试点计划的更多信息，请参阅USPTO的联邦登记通知和PTAB网页。

For additional information on the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program, see the USPTO’s Federal Register Notice and the PTAB’s webpage.

原文网址：

https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/uspto-announces-fast-track-appeals-pilot-program

翻译：张王祎