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The USPTO has announced that starting January 24, 2011, the Patent Proecution Highway between the USPTO and Australia will expand to include positive patentability determinations made under the PCT
The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) recently implemented changes to its examination procedures for divisional applications that are designed to promote "prompt resolution" of their status, "particularly where the claimed subject matter of the divisional application is the same as its parent."
