Recourse balancing forces the USPTO to deny applications that would otherwise qualify---tradeoffs are likely.
Ackermant ’11 [Lily J; J.D. Candidate, 2012, University of California, Berkeley School of Law; “PRIORITIZATION: ADDRESSING THE PATENT APPLICATION BACKLOG AT THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,” Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 2011, https://btlj.org/data/articles2015/vol26/26_1_AR/26-berkeley-tech-l-j-0067-0092.pdf, Pg. 74, wally]
Similar to the Petition to Make Special, the Green Technology Pilot Program prioritizes applications that fall within specific categories, such as inventions based on environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable energy resources, and greenhouse gas emission reduction." In May 2010, the USPTO announced a revision to the pilot program that eliminated the narrow eligibility criteria for expedited processing under the original program.53 The USPTO originally limited inventions in certain classifications in order to assist the USPTO in balancing the additional workload and allocating resources.54 Because the USPTO balanced the workload with other mechanisms and denied applications that would have otherwise qualified for the program, the USPTO determined that the classification requirement was unnecessary. 55