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What To Do Now That The AFCP (After Final Consideration Program) Is Ending?

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The After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 Program (AFCP) offered to patent applicants by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is ending on December 14, 2024. The program began in 2013 and was originally slated to last only 1...more

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The Beginning of the End for the USPTO’s After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0

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The decision to end the program follows public resistance to a proposed fee structure aimed at offsetting its high administrative costs. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) extended the After Final Consideration...more

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