Using Australian Expedited Examination to Accelerate Your Global Patent Portfolio

Australia is a big country (a continent, in fact), but it’s position in the global semiconductor market is not nearly as large.  Even though the Australian semiconductor industry is small, nestled in the country’s unique patent examination system is a pathway to accelerate examination of your global patent portfolio.  Expedited examination in Australia is free and can be requested in many situations.  It also can result in a granted patent in less than one year from the request.  Elizabeth and Nathaniel are joined on this episode by Paul Davis and Fraser Smith from Davis IP to discuss how a positive result down under can then be used to accelerate patent examination in other jurisdictions.  They also talked about how navigate Australia’s acceptance window during patent examination and some upcoming changes to the fee structure for Australian patent applications.