Experience as a patent practitioner and patent examiner results in preparing winning patent applications with skillfully crafted claims. Services include:
- Non-Provisional (Utility) Application The requisite application leading to examination and patenting.
- Provisional Application An interim application to claim “patent pending”, which must be followed by a non-provisional within 12 months. It is lower in cost initially, but higher in cost with both filings considered.
- Design Application An application for ornamental design embodied in drawings.
- PCT Application An international application for foreign filings.
USPTO Prosecution
The Patent Office will respond with an Office Action after a pendency period of a year or more. The Office Action, often with a rejection of one or more claims, requires a response. Knowledge of the Law (35 USC), the Rules (37 CFR), and Procedure (MPEP) is essential in making this response. Services include:
- Office Action Response May involve amendment to the specification or claims and rebuttal argument to any rejections.
- Appeal Extended prosecution following a Final Office Action rejecting all claims. May include Examiner Interview, filing an Appeal, or RCE (Request for Continued Examination).
- Issuance Steps to place the application in condition for issuance to patent.
- Continuing Applications Supplementary or replacement applications to append new claims following the filing of a parent application.
