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In United States patent law, a petition to make special (PTMS) is a formal request submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) asking that a patent application be examined ahead of the other pending applications in the same technological art. == Background and rationale == Normally patent applications in a given technological art are examined in the order that they are filed in under the "first come, first served" principle. The patent office has realized, however, that some inventions deserve special attention and that patent applications covering these inventions should be examined as quickly as possible. If an invention falls into one of the special categories, the applicant (e.g. inventor) can petition to have it examined early. A petition to make special can be granted because:〔("708.02 Petition To Make Special" ), ''Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)'', Eighth Edition, August 2001, Latest Revision August 2006〕 * one of the inventors is over the age of 65 or is ill to the point where they may not be available to assist in the prosecution of the patent, * the head of a government agency requests that the application be made special, * the patent relates to certain areas including: quality of the environment, development of energy resources, or terrorism, * the applicant wishes to take part in accelerated examination as described below, or * the applicant has received a positive indication of allowability in another jurisdiction and is participating in the Patent Prosecution Highway. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Petition to make special」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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