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Patent Allowance and Issuance Toolkit
Practical Law Toolkit w-012-7991 (Approx. 7 pages)
Patent Allowance and Issuance Toolkit
by Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology
| Maintained • USA (National/Federal) |
Resources to help patent applicants and their counsel ensure that a patent application is correct and complete after the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) allows the application or issues a patent and consider potential actions to maximize the value of the patent asset.
Allowance and issue are critical patent prosecution stages when patent counsel must ensure the patent application is correct, complete, and meets the client's needs. For example, counsel may need or want to:
- Correct errors in the application or issued patent.
- Request the USPTO to consider additional or newly discovered prior art.
- Ensure the USPTO properly calculated the patent term.
- Seek additional patent protection for the invention disclosed in the application's specification.
This Toolkit provides continually maintained resources to help patent applicants and their counsel consider potential actions to maximize the value of the patent asset after the USPTO allows the application or issues a patent.