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Free Services:
Initial consultation by phone (15-20 minutes) to answer any questions you might have or to discuss your invention. Call 1-866-610-1532, M-F 8a-5p EST, or request a call from Agent at a convenient time.
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Patent Agent has experience as a patent practitioner in preparing winning patent applications with skillfully crafted claims. Services include: - Non-Provisional (Utility) Application. The requisite application leading to examination and patenting.
- Provisional Application. An interim application to claim “patent pending”, which must be followed by a non-provisional within 12 months. It is lower in cost initially, but higher in cost with both filings considered.
- Design Application. An application for ornamental design embodied in drawings.
- PCT Application. An international application for foreign filings.
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Design Services:
Patent Agent provides design details in 3D solids modeling and illustration files. Services include: - Perfecting Patentability. Where Agent can add features that may avoid prior art found in the search.
- Assistance with Reduction to Practice. Where engineering expertise is needed to transition from concept to product.
- Illustration for Communication. Where representative images are needed for demonstration to stake-holders or for patent drawings.
- Prototypes. Where stereolithography models (plastic) can be provided in certain cases.
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Patentability Searching:
Our researchers have a unique capability to decode the Patent Office’s classification system and can provide searches superior to those that use text searching only. Our researchers are also conveniently located in Alexandria, VA and can access the Public Search Facility at the Patent Office. Services include: - U.S. Patents and U.S. Patent Applications. Basic search for patentability in the U.S. database going back to 1790.
- Foreign Patents and Non-Patent Literature. Elective searches to minimize patentability risk. Foreign patent searching typically includes European and Japanese Patent databases.
- Patentability Opinion. Opinion written by Agent as if he were examining the disclosed features of the invention in view of the patentability search.
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USPTO Prosecution:
The Patent Office will respond with an Office Action after a pendency period of a year or more. The Office Action, often with a rejection of one or more claims, requires a response. Knowledge of the Law (35 USC), the Rules (37 CFR), and Procedure (MPEP) is essential in making this response. Services include: - Office Action Response. May involve amendment to the specification or claims and rebuttal argument to any rejections.
- Appeal. Extended prosecution following a Final Office Action rejecting all claims. May include Examiner Interview, filing an Appeal, or RCE (Request for Continued Examination).
- Issuance. Steps to place the application in condition for issuance to patent.
- Continuing Applications. Supplementary or replacement applications to append new claims following the filing of a parent application.
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