When is a Patentability Report not appropriate in patent examination?
According to MPEP 705.01(e), Patentability Reports are not appropriate in several situations: Claims with the same character but different scope: Where claims are directed to the same character of invention but differ in scope only, prosecution by Patentability Report is never proper. Manufacturing process and product claims: Where the claims are related as a manufacturing…
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The Patentability Report (P.R.) process has a specific impact on an application’s date status. MPEP 705.01(c) states: The date status of the application in the reporting TC will be determined on the basis of the dates in the TC of original jurisdiction. This means that even though the application is temporarily in a different Technology…
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A Patentability Report must be approved by the Director of the Technology Center to which the application is assigned. The MPEP 705.01(e) states: Where it can be shown that a Patentability Report will save total examiner time, one is permitted with the approval of the Director of the Technology Center to which the application is…
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