Patent Preparation & Prosecution

35 U.S.C. §146 permits an applicant to appeal from a final decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences to a federal district court and/or the Federal Circuit.

A patent examiner’s final rejections of patent claims may be appealed to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). Appeals require payment of substantial fees to the Patent Office, and time and effort will be invested in briefing (usually required unless avoided by an early and favorable pre-appeal decision) and oral argument (if requested by applicant).

Responding to Office Actions

Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture

The patent laws provide for the granting of design patents to any person who has invented any new, original, and nonobvious ornamental design for an article of manufacture. The design patent protects only the appearance of an article, but not its structural or functional features.

A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent grant excludes others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention in the United States. The patent grant further excludes others from importing the invention into the United States.

A provisional application is a patent application, which establishes an official United States patent application filing date for the invention and permits the term "Patent Pending" to be applied in connection with the invention. Under United States patent law, a provisional application for patent is a type of national application for patent filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but which does not mature into an issued patent unless further steps are taken by the applicant.

Depending on your needs, Beem provides several types of searches related to U.S. issued patents and published patent applications. 

PRE-APPLICATION:

The first three types of Searches described below are most often conducted prior to a patent application, to identify “prior art” that is potentially relevant to the invention.

Collection Search – “State of the Art” Search