The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
("IPOS") has announced a pilot programme to accelerate
grants of patent applications in all technology fields to just 6
months. The programme, SG Patent Fast Track will commence on 4 May
2020 and last for a period of nearly 2 years, until 29 April
2022.
This new programme replaces IPOS's two other patent grant
acceleration schemes, the FinTech Fast Track
("FTFT") and Accelerated Initiatives
for Artificial Intelligence ("AI2")
launched in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Both schemes have seen
considerable interest amongst local applicants. To date, 86
applications have been accepted for processing under the FTFT or
the AI2 schemes, 70% of which were filed by Singapore entities.
