Continuing interest in green technology has prompted the Intellectual Property Office of Australia to implement a new initiative to fast-track patent examination. Under the new initiative, any patent application that relates to “green technology” can take advantage of fast-tracked examination.itiative, any patent application that relates to “green technology” can take advantage of fast-tracked examination.
This new initiative has been championed by Richard Marles (Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry). Mr Marles states that this initiative offers environmentally-beneficial inventions a way to reach consumers quickly, especially as “climate change and its global impact is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century and we know that technology and innovation play a key role in our ability to manage it effectively”.