“The Overlooked Clean Tech Hero: Additive Manufacturing’s Green Potential”

In an article published by several related manufacturing trade publications, Marshall Gerstein Partner Ryan Schermerhorn and Patent Agent Topher Zahn describe the benefits of additive manufacturing – also known as 3D printing – in clean tech innovation.  

“Recently, options previously available to expedite applications related to clean technologies were discontinued or indefinitely suspended, including the U.S. Patent Office's (USPTO) Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program and a Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program (created to support the CHIPS Act),” the authors explain. “However, patent applicants can still seek expedited review using traditional, technology-agnostic options still in force at the USPTO, including by filing for the Track One Prioritized Examination Program and/or through the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program.”

Read Ryan and Topher’s thoughts on 3D printing and examples of its application in clean tech innovation here.