Sometimes appealing an Examiner’s rejection is the only practical option. If no claims of valuable scope have been allowed or indicated as allowable, and all clarifying claim amendments, supporting evidence and salient...more
10/18/2019
/ Appeals ,
Claim Amendments ,
Claim Procedures ,
Evidence ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Notice of Appeal ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
USPTO
I. Introduction.
“Prosecution” of a patent application is the process by which an application moves through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) after being filed. Prosecution is often a more lengthy and...more
“Prosecution” of a utility patent application is the process by which anapplication advances through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) after being filed. Prosecution is often a more lengthy and costly...more
Utility patents constitute about 90% of the patents in the United States. Design patents and plant patents, which are not discussed here, comprise the other 10%. Utility patents protect the functional aspects of a machine,...more