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1. Benefits of patent interview

 

We often represent our clients to interview with the examiners. In many cases, we clarify the concepts of the invention and ascertain the differences between the invention and the prior arts, and successfully convince the examiners. Through a patent interview, the examination of an application can be speeded up and the applicant can save the cost in the patent prosecution by eliminating subsequent Office Action.

 

2. What is patent interview?

 

During the prosecution of an invention application, when an Office Action is issued, the applicant must file a written response within a statutory period. Besides, according to the Patent Act, the applicant may request a patent interview to have a face-to-face conversation with the examiner.

 

3. Purposes for conducting patent interview

 

In the examination of a patent application, sometimes it is not easy to accurately understand the rejections made by an examiner to an application or the opinions of the applicant in the back-and-forth written communications. Consequently, the truth is overlooked, leading to incorrect interpretation and improper judgement. At this time, the applicant may request a patent interview to directly communicate with the patent examiner. The applicant can take this chance to show by exhibits and visuals to clarify concepts of the invention and the differences between the invention and the prior arts, and listen to how the examiner reacts to certain arguments. In this way, the applicant may successfully convince the examiner or amend the claim(s) in real-time to adapt to the views of the examiner.