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Just like the title of this post, your comment can be misleading. USPTO sends an action and attorneys respond to that action [1]. Which means a case can go on
by throwaway8487 16y ago
Just like the title of this post, your comment can be misleading.
USPTO sends an action and attorneys respond to that action [1]. Which means a case can go on for years if attorney (for clients) has deep pockets [2].
A patent grant was not designed to be end-all be-all for that patent. For example, it can be found invalid at anytime by uspto (re-exam) or by the courts.
An examiner only has hours to read/understand/search/write a response but in any case this was really bad mistake that should have never happened.
1. Attorneys have usually 3-6 months and USPTO has usually upto 4 months to respond to attorney.
2. Using request for reconsideration and continuation among other things.