Obtaining a Patent in 30 Days or Less

IP Counsel discusses an article written by Joseph Berghammer of Banner & Witcoff titled Speeding the Patent Process [pdf - Aug. 2005]:

[A]pplying the “follow-up and follow-up again” strategy in the Swiss Office may result in patent applications that publish in less than 30 days. . . .

Thus, by filing a patent application in Geneva, it may be possible to toll the start date for acquiring damages in as early as 30 days.