Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. (IPCI)

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Couple more intriguing updates have appeared on the USPTO website in regards to IPCI's PODRAS Application Number: 14/790,101

08-10-2016 Request for Extension of Time - Granted
08-15-2016 Date Forwarded to Examiner

The last significant PODRAS patent update was the USPTO granting IPCI fast track status via The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)

03-30-2016 Record Petition Decision of Granted to Make Special

Time from PPH request to final decision. The average pendency of a PPH application from application to final decision (5.1 months) is considerably shorter than the overall average pendency for all applications (37.8 months).

Average number of office actions. The average number of office actions for PPH applications (0.6) is less than half that of all applications combined (1.6).

Allowance rate without office action. An incredible 45% of PPH applications proceed to allowance without the issuance of an office action. By comparison, the average number of applications overall that proceed directly to allowance without the issuance of an office action is only 5.6%.

Grant rate. Grant rates are also significantly higher for PPH applications (93%) as compared to all applications combined (71%).