Eight Options for Responding to a Final Rejection. EP061
If the claims in your patent application have been rejected twice, you usually will receive a final office action. Don't worry yet! "Final" does not mean final. There are at least eight options you ...
31 Jan 201914min
What Are Double Patenting Rejections? EP060
You are only allowed one patent per invention, but sometimes you might get a rejection called a "Double Patenting Rejection." What are these and how do you handle them?
24 Jan 20198min
What are Continuation-in-Part Patent Applications? EP059
Continuation-in-Part applications are useful for when you have some additional features you want to get patent protection for, but you didn't include them in your original patent application.
17 Jan 20199min
What are Continuation Patent Applications? EP058
This episode goes over the specific type of continuing application called a continuation application. Use continuation applications to broaden your patent protection from your original application, ke...
10 Jan 20196min
What are Divisional Patent Applications? EP057
Learn what divisional patent applications are and when you should file one. Divisional patent applications are useful when the patent examiner has previously required you to split up your originally ...
3 Jan 20195min
What are Continuing Patent Applications? EP056
If you are considering filing patent applications related to an application that you already filed, then you might be interested in a continuing patent application. There are different types and you s...
27 Dec 20187min
How to Respond to a Patent Application Election of Species Requirement. EP055
Learn how to respond to an election of species requirement from the patent office. An examiner will not examine your invention if you are claiming too many variations of the same thing. In this epis...
20 Dec 201810min
How to Respond to a Patent Application Restriction Requirement. EP054
Learn what a patent application restriction requirement is. A patent application is only allowed to have one invention, so what are you to do if the examiner says that your patent application actuall...
16 Dec 201810min
