Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS)

The Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) pilot program is part of the USPTO's on-going efforts towards compact prosecution and pendency reduction.

In particular, the QPIDS pilot program eliminates the requirement for processing of a request for continued examination (RCE) with an information disclosure statement (IDS) filed after payment of the issue fee in order for the IDS to be considered by the examiner.  Where the examiner determines that no item of information in the IDS necessitates reopening prosecution, the USPTO will issue a corrected notice of allowability.

The QPIDS pilot program, which was originally scheduled to run from May 16, 2012, to September 30, 2012, and was first extended to December 15, 2012, has been further extended to March 23, 2013. All compliant requests for consideration of an information disclosure statement under the QPIDS pilot program filed on or after May 16, 2012, and on or before March 23, 2013, will be considered.