CASE STUDY: Addressing USPTO Office action


 

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Situation:

A client received an office action from the USPTO indicating important claims for their patent were rejected because they were obvious and thus lacked novelty.

 

BioPhia Role:

BioPhia was engaged to review the situation and provide an expert opinion for the office action.

 

Action:

A team was assembled familiar with the technical area and with experience in patents and USPTO office actions.  Review of the literature pertinent to the patent claims and a letter outlining the novelty of the claims was completed based on prior art and standard approaches in the field of interest.

 

Result:

The information and letter were used by the client to respond to the USPTO.