An Ex parte Quayle Action is an action where the claims have been allowed but the patent application is objected to for certain technicalities (i.e., minor formalities).  The Ex parte Quayle Action officially closes prosecution and requires the applicant to fix the technicalities.  A response must be filed within 2 months of the mail date of the office action and may be filed … [Read more...]

A Notice to File Missing Parts is an office action identifying part(s) of the patent application that was not initially filed but should have been filed.  A complete patent application was not filed.  Those parts must now be filed to complete the patent application.  Otherwise, examination on the merits of the invention will be delayed.  A response including the identified … [Read more...]

A rejection means that the examiner will not allow the claimed invention based on its merit. The examiner is rejecting the claims as being ineligible for patent protection, not novel or not new, obvious, or indefinite. An objection means that the technicalities or formalities of the patent application are incorrect.  They need to be fixed before the patent application can … [Read more...]

A final office action means the examiner has rejected the patent application and does not need to consider any further claim amendments and arguments. The examination has ended and the patent application will be abandoned.  Please note that a final office action is never final.  The examination can always be continued by filing a request for continued examination (RCE), a … [Read more...]

A filing receipt is a document from the Patent Office which lists basic and critical information about your patent application.  Basic information includes, for example, the filing date and the serial number of your patent application.  Critical information (highlighted in green below) includes information related to, for example, any claim of priority and foreign filing … [Read more...]