patent rejection

How to Lose Patent Arguments

What are the top losing patent arguments? About 9 out of 10 utility patent applications will receive at least one rejection. Getting a utility patent,…

How to Win a Patent Rejection Argument

Will you need to argue to get your utility patent application allowed? Nine out of ten utility patent applications will get rejected at least once.…

Patent Rejected: How to Persuade the Examiner to Allow Your Claims

Will your patent be rejected? Almost certainly in a nonprovisional utility patent application, you will face rejections. In a design patent application, perhaps not so…

Smarter Office Action Response: File a CIP Instead?

What is a smarter way to respond to multiple Office Actions in your patent application? 90%. That is the probability that your utility nonprovisional patent…

How many patent Office Actions can you get? Is there a limit to patent rejections?

How many patent Office Actions are possible? Unfortunately, there are no limits to how many patent Office Actions (OA) an Examiner can issue. Multiple Office…

How to Respond to a Patent Rejection

Has your utility patent application been rejected? If your utility patent application has been rejected, welcome to the club. Approximately 90% of utility patent applications…

How To Respond To Patent Office Action

What does it take to respond to a Patent Office Action? Since the probability is high (approximately 88%) that a utility nonprovisional patent application will…

How long is the US patent application process (how much time does it take to get a utility patent)?

How long is the utility patent application process? The USPTO is notorious for its backlog of examining utility nonprovisional patent applications. First-time utility patent applicants…

Why conduct a patent examiner interview?

What is a patent examiner interview? Patent examiners are human. This simple truth is often overlooked in the back-and-forth written communications with the USPTO. An…

How does a patent extension of time work?

What is a patent extension of time? Responses to Office Actions may typically be extended. A typical patent Office Action provides the applicant with a…

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