What is an ‘allowed’ patent application?

An ‘allowed’ patent application is one that has been examined and determined to meet all statutory requirements. According to MPEP 203.04:

An ‘allowed’ nonprovisional application or an application ‘in issue’ is one which has been examined and determined to meet all statutory requirements, and in which a notice of allowance has been sent to the applicant.

The status of ‘allowed’ continues from the date of the notice of allowance until it issues as a patent, unless it is withdrawn from issue or becomes abandoned for failure to pay the issue fee and any required publication fee.

For more information on allowed application, visit: allowed application.

For more information on notice of allowance, visit: notice of allowance.

For more information on patent issuance, visit: patent issuance.