Issuance of a Patent
Issuance of a Patent
Hopefully after one or two responses, the USPTO examiner will allow your invention to issue as a patent. Once we get a Notice of Allowance, you have at least one more important decision to make. Since the publication of your patent application, the issuance of your patent, and any public sales of your product (or trade show displays, licensing meetings, etc.) may count as “public disclosures”, once your patent issues you may be precluded from filing further patent applications on improvements to your invention under 35 USC 102 (public disclosure of your invention). The best way to ensure that you can file additional patent applications on your invention is to file a continuation application BEFORE your patent issues. There are several types of continuation applications, and we can discuss them with you.
