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Patent Prosecution

TrainingBasics

ofPatent Prosecution Process


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Patent Practitioner:

A person who stands between anengineer or scientist with the appropriatetechnical background.


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Module C

1. Basics of Patent Prosecution Process2. Patent Glossary

3. Operational Knowledge for Practicing Patent Law

4. Prior Art5. Patent Specification Drafting

6. Claim Drafting

7. Advanced Claim Drafting

8. Prosecution of Patent Application

9. Patent Prosecution vs. Patent Litigation Issues

10. Concluding Session


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Patent prosecution

Patent prosecution describes the interaction betweenan applicant, or their representative, and a patent office

with regard to a patent, or an application for a patent.Broadly, patent prosecution can be split into pre-grantprosecution, which involves negotiation with a patentoffice for the grant of a patent, and post-grantprosecution, which involves issues such as post-grantamendment and opposition.

Patent prosecution is distinct from patent litigation,which describes legal action relating to the infringementof patents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_prosecution
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Patent prosecution

1 Pre-grant prosecution 1.1 Preparation of an application 1.2 Filing an application 1.3 Search and examination

1.4 Deferred examination 1.5 Invention registration 1.6 Appeals 1.7 Abandonment

2 Post grant prosecution 2.1 Opposition 2.2 Reissue, Reexamination and Interference
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Inventor

Idea Working Model

Idea Reduced to Practice


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Patent Application

Inventor Describe the invention in words Patent Application Patent OfficeMail to


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Inspection

Specifications

Drawings

Claims

Name &Address of Inventor

Inventors Declaration

Filling Fee

Application Inspection


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Serial Number

Application Folder


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Classification

Electrical

Mechanical

Chemical

Biotechnical


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Search of Prior Art

Patent Examiner


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Claims and Specifications

Claims Described and Supported Details inSpecifications


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Claims of Patent Application

Patentable Subject Matter


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Claims

Process

Machine

An Article of Manufacture

Composition ofMaterial


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Invention

Is it NEW?

Has this been done before theAPPLICATION?

Are CLAIMS NOVEL in it?


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Invention

Is it OBVIOUS?


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Finer Points

Is the INVENTION asCLAIMED described in the

SPECIFICATIONS?

Examiner must satisfy himself anddetermine whether the claims aresupported by the specifications?

Is the Specificationsadequate to support

the claimed invention?


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Claims

Are they CLEAR and

DEFINITE?

Are theyUNDERSTANDABLE?


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FIRST OFFICIAL ACTION

PatentExaminer

Inventor

Written Opinion under USCsection 102, 102, 103, 112

FIRST

OFFICIALACTION


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Review

First Official

ActionAmendmentInventor


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After Amendment

Amendment

OvercomesAll Objections

& Rejections

Does Not Overcome

Objections & Rejections

NOTICE

OF

ALLOWANCE

FINAL

REJECTION

Allowed

Rejected

Examine


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ACCEPTED

Amendment

OvercomesAll Objections

& Rejections

NOTICE

OF

ALLOWANCE

Allowed

Examine


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REJECTED

Amendment

Does Not Overcome

Objections & Rejections

FINAL

REJECTIONRejected

Examine


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After Final Rejection

Review FinalRejection

AMENDMENTAFTER FINAL

REJECTION

Final arguments andminor Amendments


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Action: Amendment after Rejection

AMENDMENT

AFTER FINAL

REJECTION

Examiner considersthe AMENDMENT

Satisfied

NOTICE

OF

ALLOWANCE

FINAL

REJECTION

Notsatisfied

Allow

Advisory Action


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APPEAL!

Appeal is Filed Arguments

Examiner wasmistaken

Allowed

NOTICE

OF

ALLOWANCE

Examiner wasRIGHT

RejectedREJECTION

STAYS


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FLOW CHART

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MPEP

From this presentation, one may be tempted to concludethat patent prosecution is a fairly straight forward affair.

In most of the cases, the answer is yes. However, it is

worth remembering that the Manual of PatentExamining Procedure (MPEP) is a 3000+ document;and the worst part is that it is not a static document.

The laws, rules and forms keep on changing. Even the

basic fundamentals change over time to include newerareas like biotechnology.


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