FINAL” Rejection Doesn’t Mean Final
Examiners are not infallible, and they are
under considerable time pressure to move cases
through their dockets. Either way, you have to
play the hand you’re dealt.
In the best case scenario, the hand may be
a good one. The Examiner may have allowed
most of the claims, and rejected only the
broadest of them. If you decide that a patent
having the allowed claims is valuable, you
can file an Amendment canceling the rejected
claims, which should result in a prompt Notice
of Allowance, and an issued patent shortly
thereafter.
