Strategic Handling of Applications for Rapid Examination (SHARE) is a USPTO proposed concept in which each office will give priority to examining applications for which it is the office of first filing.
This arrangement will maximize work sharing by eliminating timing imbalances that currently affect the availability of search and examination results from other offices, in turn reducing redundancy. The Office of Second filing will use the search and examination results from the Office of First Filing " to the maximum extent practicable", a concept endorsed by the Trilateral Offices.
The Offices will explore approaches for a pilot project, including the incorporation into the pilot of the EPO's FOCUS project.