FOARS

Fatal Office Action Rejections (FOARs) & How to Avoid Them

Understand FOARs

Dominoes set in motion

Black dominoes: Invent-Draft-File
. . . wait for Office Actions
Red dominoes: get the FOARs VERDICT
Will the chips stay black and fall in your favor?

De-Risk For FOARS

Did you de-risked for FOARs BEFORE filing and CLAIMED RIGHT FIRST TIME?

Rejections on (101) patentability, (102) novelty, (103) unobviousness come first. Rejections for specification, definiteness, and best mode enablement (111,112,113) will kill you. When everyone understands this, you're well on the way to changing your IP conversation.

Why does any of this matter? It’s First-To-File now, not Fir

The ABC Rule from TSM: Always Be Claiming...Why? Because the pyramid is flipped upside down < THEN -

THEN <First-To-Invent>: Before America Invents Act (BAIA) it was F-T-I. Many provisionals were filed with specifications but NO CLAIMS...they were "perfected" with new matter on conversion. Provisional claims sought priority from the first date of conception, but were often rejected, and if allowed, they were severely narrowed.

NOW <First-To-File>: After America Invents Act (AAIA), it's F-T-F. Getting your patent application airtight, right-first-time, unambiguously specifying & claiming the Preferred Embodiment during product development, with claims that do not require adding new matter...TSM filed applications are de-risked from FOARs before filing, avoid fatal rejections during prosecution, and publish with go

"Utility Patenting A-Z, simplified"

A Better Way To Learn, Draft, File, Prosecute, and Protect A Utility Patent

Fatal Office Action Rejections (FOARs) & How to Avoid Them

Understand FOARs

De-Risk For FOARS

Why does any of this matter? It’s First-To-File now, not Fir

The ABC Rule from TSM: Always Be Claiming...Why? Because the pyramid is flipped upside down < THEN -

"Utility Patenting A-Z, simplified"

A Better Way To Learn, Draft, File, Prosecute, and Protect A Utility Patent

Fatal Office Action Rejections (FOARs) & How to Avoid Them

Understand FOARs

De-Risk For FOARS

Why does any of this matter? It’s First-To-File now, not Fir

The ABC Rule from TSM: Always Be Claiming...Why? Because the pyramid is flipped upside down < THEN -

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