U.S. Patent Office's Green Tech Fast Track Program Expands Its Reach

The United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Green Technology Pilot Program, launched in December to fast track green tech patent applications, has been good to many companies--Skyline Solar, for example, received a patent for its concentrating solar photovoltaic module in 10 weeks instead of the average wait of several years. But the program also turned down hundreds of patent applications because they didn't fall under any of the classes or subclasses (PDF) defined by the USPTO...