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Sep 17, 2013 (Newsletter Issue 13/13)
Canada
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Expedited Examinations Abolished


A new Notice of Practice has been published on June 14th, 2013 by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office regarding requests for expedited examinations.

It has been decided that the Registrar will no longer consider and accept requests for expedited examinations, given that examination now generally occurs within six (6) months of the application.

This previous Notice of Practice on this matter was published February 23rd, 2000. This Notice of Practice is no longer available on the CIPO website. Back then, examinations could take up to 28 months, creating the need for expedited examinations. Requests for expedited examinations had to be in the form of an affidavit or statutory declarations. Since examination delays are much shorter now, expedited examinations have been abolished. The current turnaround time seems to realistically be between six (6) to eight (8) months.

Source: Source: Joli-Coeur Lacasse Avocats, Canada