On May 20, 2025, IPOS launched new Patents and Trademarks Acceleration Programs to help filers receive faster office actions.

The new programs, named “SG Patents Fast” and “SG Trade Marks Fast,” replace the “SG IP FAST” pilot program, which ended on December 31, 2024, and are now being implemented. “The new program simplifies the eligibility criteria to benefit The new program simplifies the eligibility criteria to benefit businesses and innovators.

SG Patents Fast

Two options are available. Applicants can choose the pace of acceleration:

• SG Patents Fast 4: Receive first office action within four months of successful application.
• SG Patents Fast 8: Receive first office action within eight months of successful application.
• Subsequent office action will be issued within four months of successful application.

Qualifying criteria and application process:

• The patent application is not a divisional application in Singapore;
• Acceleration requests must contain 20 or fewer claims;
• Acceleration request must be made on Patents Form 11 (Request for a Search and Examination Report) or Patents Form 12 (Request for an Examination Report), with the payment of the acceleration fee;
• Successful SG Patents Fast applications qualify for acceleration of subsequent office actions on Patents Form 13A (Response to Written Opinion);
• There is a monthly cap of five requests per entity (individual or corporate). This cap does not apply to requests for acceleration of subsequent office actions.

SG Trade Marks Fast

Applicants can receive the first examination report within three to six weeks from the date of the application.

Qualifying criteria and application process:

     (a)The application is:

• a national trade mark application (i.e., filed directly with IPOS via Form TM4); and
• not for a certification or collective mark;

     (b)The acceleration request must be made at the point of filing Form TM4 with the payment of the acceleration fee.