An examiner might allow your patent application. If not, the examiner will issue another Office Action which would typically be non-final, especially if the applicant introduced additional claim amendments and/or new arguments. If you’re keeping count, this would be the second non-final Office ...
a patent applicant or a patent agent may file with the TIPO a request for an interview and have a bilateral or trilateral discussion by video with a patent examiner through the conference system established by the TIPO at a proper venue, as ...
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Once I’ve been through a round of written responses with a patent examiner, if I feel that the examiner is not being receptive to my position, I will conduct an interview with the examiner. Often, the examiner will indicate that he or she had not fully grasped the position before and ...
*1 Interview Timing According to the SIPOGuidelines, the interview shall be held after the examiner has issued the first Office Action. If the patent application has entered the substantive examination procedure upon the applicant’s request without receipt of the first Office Action from the examine...
To enjoy the grace period benefit, similar to the U.S., the applicant is not required to declare the fact of disclosure at the time of filing but only needs to present evidence to defend against it when the examiner later cites said disclosure. Notably, the grace period cann...
Later on, the document was submitted into later patents but the way it was done was an attempt to "hide it" as one observer remarked while reviewing the patent wrapper (the notes by the examiner during the patent application process - which i also have). ...
Though I’m a big fan of talking to patent examiners, not every Office Action deserves anExaminer Interviewespecially when the action is non-final. However, an interview may be warranted even in response to a non-final Office Action if it appears that the examiner doesn’t quite understand ...
The examiner has to fully consideronewritten response, at a minimum, and holdonetelephonic interviewwith you. As such, these communications with the examiner should be prepared with care. Here’s the typical progression. During the examination stage, the first office action is typical...