The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been ordered to speed its review of green technology patent proposals in hopes of making good ideas (and the jobs they bring with them) a reality that much faster. The announcement, from the Obama administration, coincides with the first day of the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen and the U.S. Department of Energy’s handout of $100 million to cleantech projects via its ambitious ARPA-E program.

Starting tomorrow, the average patent review time will be cut from 40 months to 12, giving innovators a better chance of scoring the funding they need to build on ...

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