通過Track One加速審查與嚴謹的專利核准過程筆記 - US11,922,144

US11,922,144歷程：

03/20/2023 申請日

03/20/2023 Track One Request / 同時提交IDS

05/09/2023 Track One request Granted

06/26/2023 List of References cited by applicant and considered by examiner / Non Patent Literature / Examiner's search strategy and results / List of references cited by examiner

06/26/2023 Examiner Interview Summary Record（面詢報告）

審查委員通過面詢表示可核准專利的修正建議：

06/26/2023 Notice of Allowance and Fees Due

審查委員主動提出修正（proposed amended），從申請日起三個月就接獲核准通知（就我所知在track one中這算慢的）

07/27/2023領證嗎？事情還沒完，還有形式上的修正（應該是刪除說明書中申請人內部校稿時的標註），也有審查委員自己啟動的修正。

09/25/2023 Post Allowance Communication - Incoming / Issue Fee Payment

10/04/2023 申請人繼續提交參考文獻（IDS）

10/04/2023 Request for Continued Examination (RCE)

基於獲准後提出的IDS，申請人提出RCE請求接續審查：

11/01/2023 List of References cited by applicant and considered by examiner

11/01/2023 Notice of Allowance and Fees Due（第二次核准通知）

02/14/2024 Issue Notification

US11,922,144

Claim 1:（編按：以下編號(1), (2)...是為了方便理解而加的）

1. A computer-implemented method for integrating a particular external application programming interface (API) with a natural language model user interface, comprising:

(1)receiving a first input at the natural language model user interface communicably connected to a natural language model that is trained to call one or more functions based on a manifest and in response to the received first input; 

(2)determining the first input includes a request to integrate the particular external API with the natural language model user interface; 

(3)identifying the particular external API based on the received first input; 

(4)integrating the particular external API with the natural language model user interface, the integrating comprising accessing a web API, a description of the web API, and the manifest stored in a location associated with the particular external API, wherein the manifest is customizable by a publisher of the particular external API; 

(5)accessing the particular external API based on the first input or a second input at the natural language model user interface; and 

(6)transmitting, based on the accessing, a response message to the natural language model user interface, the response message including a result of the accessing, wherein transmitting the response message to the natural language model user interface includes summarizing payload contents received from the particular external API and displaying natural language text to a user via the natural language model user interface.

my two cents:

在檢索時發現這件關於AI的專利（申請人OpenAI），為了快速取得專利，花錢請求track one加速審查（也只有這個），目前查到的費用是除申請費外要額外繳交4500美元，並在過程中需要緊密與審查委員配合，包括提交已知文獻（IDS）、面詢，才能快速得到回應，從歷程看到很多動作都是同一天執行（也可能是歸檔日期造成的錯覺），審查委員也樂意地協助申請人修正申請專利範圍，加上，既然已經花錢了，就更嚴謹地看待這個專利，即便取得核准通知，還又提出IDS請求RCE接續審查，藉此取得更穩固的專利權。這個過程值得有此需求的申請人學習。

https://www.uspto.gov/patents/initiatives/usptos-prioritized-patent-examination-program

Ron