Ex Parte Appeal Can Be A Strategic Patent Prosecution Tool

By Jeffrey Chelstrom (December 12, 2019, 4:45 PM EST) -- Patent practitioners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will eventually reach an impasse with a patent examiner. Applicants are then faced with a decision — do they amend claims to appease the examiner, file a request for continued examination to continue making arguments before the same examiner or initiate an ex parte appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board? ...

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