Continuation

Continuation-in-Part

Life � a PatentEarly Idea

Conception

Actual Reductionto Practice (RTP)

Appeal

International Trade Commission(ITC)

Any U.S. District Court

Infringement Actions,Declaratory Judgment Actions

First Office Action:Non-Final Rejection

Response to OfficeAction

Request forContinued

Examination(RCE)

Restriction Traversal AmendmentPublication

Abandonment of application

After

18 Months

New Application# Assigned

Affirm

ance

Divi

sion

*

Examinationat USPTO

Final Rejection

Drafting & Filing (= Constructive Reduction to Practice) with the U.S. Patent & TrademarkOffice (USPTO)

*

Rare!

Petitionfor Certiorari

Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB)

Used to be Board of Patent Appeals& Interferences (BPAI)

IPR, PGR, Derivation Proceedings, Appeals

Court of Appeals for the FederalCircuit (CAFC)

U.S. Supreme Court

District Courtfor the Eastern District

of VirginiaRocket Docket

Infringement Actions, Declaratory Judgment Actions

ProvisionalPatent

Application

Full PatentApplication

1 year

AllowanceAllowanceReversal

(Often but Not Always)

Patent Attorney/Agent

Issuance

4th YearMaintenance Fees

8th YearMaintenance Fees

12th YearMaintenance Fees

Full Term

ThePublic Domain

Expiration

Ex-ParteReexamination

Inter-PartesReview (IPR)

Post GrantReview (PGR)

Reissue

Correction

Post GrantProceedings

Produced by Studio@CETL

COLLEGEOF LAW

Examiner

PTAB

PTAB

Non

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t

Centra

l Reex

amination Unit (CRU)

Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)

and Court of Federal Claims

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(Constructive RTP)