Panitch Schwarze partners Stephen E. Murray and Erin M. Dunston recently weighed in on the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s newly created Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program. This program allows patent applicants to defer submitting claim amendments or substantive arguments related to eligibility rejections and is intended to improve examination efficiency.

Read Murray and Dunston’s IAM article to learn more about this program and what implications it may have for patent applicants going forward.