What time frame does accelerated examination typically take to process?
Once a petition for accelerated examination has been granted to an application, the goal of the accelerated examination program is to complete the examination of an application within twelve months from the filing date of the application, resulting in a final disposition. In any event, this twelve-month timeframe is simply a goal. Any failure to meet the twelve-month goal, or any other issues relating to this twelve-month goal, are neither petitionable nor appealable matters. The final disposition of an application, however, may occur later than the twelve-month timeframe in certain situations. See MPEP ยง708.02(a) (providing information on events that may cause examination to extend beyond this twelve-month time frame).
