Examination of Applications and USPTO Proceedings
Applications received in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are numbered in sequential order. Applications will not be advanced out of turn for examination or for further action except as provided by the rules, or upon order of the Director to expedite the business of the Office, or upon a showing, which, in the opinion of the Director, will justify advancing them.
The examination of the application consists of a study of the application for compliance with the legal requirements and a search through U.S. patents, publications of patent applications, foreign patent documents, and available literature, to see if the claimed invention is new, useful and nonobvious and if the application meets the requirements of the patent statute and rules of practice. If the examiner's decision on patentability is favorable, a patent is granted.
The patent attorneys of Beem Patent Law Firm are skilled in preparing and prosecuting patent applications during examination in the Patent Office. Please contact the Firm for information on representation available to you for your patent matter.
Some of the information provided herein was obtained from the United States Patent and Trademark website, www.uspto.gov. For further information, see the Patent Office inventor resources at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm.
