Patents & Trademarks Questions for election
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I had a restriction requirement that required me to elect a species for examination. I have now had a first office action on the merits. In my response to the OA, if I think I have overcome any r... Read More  Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I'm Pro Se and have chosen which species to elect and without traverse and pulled several random examples out of a PAIR search for the format of my response. One was extremely short and to the poi... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, I heard from most people that one doesn't fight election/restriction requirements, so I don't, until now. In this case, the examiner understood half of the i... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, I am filing a response to an amendment after final. Typcally in these cases, I cancel all withdrawn claims. In this case, my withdrawn claims were withdrawn due to a species election. ... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, After making an Election, a number of claims are cancelled. Do we need to change the specification/drawing to remove all material that support the calcelled claims? Thanks, M... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
I received a restriction/election. The claims are something like this : Claim 1. A computerised method of valuating the atomic weight of a new product using X,Y,Z and etc. Claim 2. A computer... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
My question concerns responding to a restriction requirement. I am arguing the examiner is wrong, so I elect a species and argue. However, can I amend the claims to include a generic claim, and ... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
br> species 1: claim 1 to 10 (claim 1 is independent claim) claim 1 is A+B species 2: claim 11 to 20 (claim 11 is independent claim ) &n... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Quick synopsis of the history of my prosecution for a utility patent: Was rejected based on prior art. I filed an RCE with amended claims. I just rec'd a first response (non-final) to RCE statin... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 2/26/2009
Hi. I submitted a patent application containing three sets of claims. The first set is a product claim. The second set is a process of manufacturing the product claim. The third set i... Read More Answer |
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In Litigation - updated on 2/26/2009
Does anyone know of a good case where the point at issue was whether an election of a species limited the scope of the claims. In the case I am working on, the Applicant, in response to a species req... Read More Answer |
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In Patent Process - updated on 11/30/2009
My claims consist of 1 apparatus claim and 5 method claims. I received an office communication stating that the method claims were drawn to a different species than the apparatus claim and that I must elect ... Read More Answer |
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