Petition to make special (PTMS) is a U.S. procedure that requests the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to accelerate a patent's prosecution. This is used in some time-critical case. For example, if the inventor is old or sick, or the field of invention is a favored area of science that significantly enriches people's lives, The U.S. PTO may allow a PTMS.
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