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Patent Prosecution

In: Fundamentals of Patenting and Licensing for Scientists and Engineers

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Patent prosecution provides an opportunity for the applicant to work with a Patent Office examiner to get his patent granted, and it requires as much technical assistance from inventors as the drafting of the application. It is strongly encouraged that inventors get involved in the patent prosecution process in order to seek high quality patents that are in the best interest of the patent holder. While Office rejections are common during patent prosecutions, they push inventors to take another critical look at their own applications in preparing the rebuttal of the rejection. This chapter addresses common issues you may encounter in a patent prosecution and the options you may have. The rebuttal of an Office action on the merits and the strategies for the rebuttal deserve attention in a separate chapter.

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  • Matthew Y Ma, 2015. "Patent Prosecution," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Fundamentals of Patenting and Licensing for Scientists and Engineers, chapter 7, pages 153-168, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    1. Eileen Appelbaum, 2017. "Domestic Outsourcing, Rent Seeking, and Increasing Inequality," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 49(4), pages 513-528, December.

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