Thanks to co-author Sarah Tang, a summer time affiliate in Foley’s Boston workplace, for her contributions to this submit.
On the ARPA-E (Superior Analysis Initiatives Company – Power) Power Innovation Summit on Could 24, the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Workplace) introduced the expedition of unpolluted power patent purposes by way of the Local weather Change Mitigation Pilot Program. This program covers any product or course of that has a constructive influence on the local weather and follows the conclusion of the Inexperienced Expertise Pilot Program which ended in 2012. The purposes that file a petition beneath this program should comprise a number of claims to a product or course of that pertains to decreasing greenhouse fuel emissions.
Final 12 months, the USPTO acquired 40,000 patent purposes within the clear know-how sector which accounts for nearly 7% of yearly patent purposes. Inventors and corporations at any tier can file a petition for the fast-track patent assessment. With this course of, the USPTO hopes to see an increase in merchandise and processes that scale back greenhouse fuel emissions within the close to future. The USPTO will settle for petitions for this particular standing till June 5, 2023, or till 1,000 purposes have been granted particular standing beneath this program.
The local weather is quickly deteriorating as corporations start committing to inexperienced power initiatives. Clear know-how is the longer term and can tangibly scale back the impacts of local weather change.
“To all of you concerned within the subsequent era of unpolluted power applied sciences, you may look to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace as your companion in growing your applied sciences into merchandise and techniques that can change the trajectory of our power future,” mentioned Kathi Vidal, Director of the USPTO, in ready remarks.
