Patent Prosecution Services That Keep Your Application Moving Toward Allowance
Milano IP provides patent prosecution services for companies and inventors navigating USPTO examination. Whether we filed your application or you are bringing an existing application to us, our patent attorneys handle office action responses, examiner interviews, claim amendments, Requests for Continued Examination (RCEs), and appeals while working to preserve meaningful protection for your invention.
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Received a USPTO Office Action?
An office action does not mean your patent application has failed. It means the USPTO examiner has raised objections or rejected some or all of your claims and is giving you an opportunity to respond.
Milano IP can review the examiner’s position, evaluate your existing claims, and determine whether the best path forward is to argue the rejection, amend the claims, speak directly with the examiner, or pursue another strategy.
We can step in even if another attorney or firm filed the original application.
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Patent Prosecution Services We Provide
Office Action Responses
We review the examiner’s objections, cited prior art, and your claims to prepare a response. Depending on the issues raised, we may challenge a rejection, propose claim amendments, or combine both approaches.
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Interviews
We speak with USPTO examiners to clarify objections and discuss possible paths forward. An interview may help resolve an issue or inform the next written response.
Strategic Claim Amendments
We assess proposed changes to your claims in light of the examiner’s objections and the protection you want the patent to provide. Our focus is on obtaining claims that remain useful for your invention and business.
Requests for Continued Examination and Appeals
If a rejection remains, we help you evaluate whether to file a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) or pursue an appeal before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. We explain the potential time, cost, and strategic implications of each option.
Why Companies and Inventors Choose Milano IP
Patent prosecution involves a series of decisions that can influence the scope and value of the patent you ultimately receive.
Protecting Meaningful Claim Scope
We develop prosecution strategies around the examiner’s objections, your claims, and the protection you are seeking rather than narrowing claims simply to overcome an objection.
Clear, Business-Minded Guidance
You should know where your application stands, what the examiner is saying, what options are available, and what each option could mean in terms of time, cost, and potential outcome.
Milano IP helps you understand those tradeoffs before deciding how to proceed.
Broader Intellectual Property Perspective
Patent prosecution may be one part of a larger intellectual property strategy. Milano IP also handles trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and patent disputes, allowing prosecution decisions to be considered in the context of your broader IP portfolio.
Patent Prosecution for Companies and Inventors
Milano IP represents companies and inventors across industries including:
- Technology
- Consumer products and e-commerce
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Manufacturing and engineering
- Design and creative fields
- Startups
- Franchises
- Professional services
We can manage an application throughout examination or take over prosecution of an application originally filed by another attorney or law firm.
Milano IP is based in Philadelphia, with offices also serving Boston, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.
Key Takeaways
- Milano IP provides patent prosecution services for applications moving through USPTO examination.
- Services include office action responses, examiner interviews, strategic claim amendments, RCEs, and patent appeals.
- Milano IP can take over an existing application even when another attorney or firm filed it.
- Prosecution strategy considers both moving toward allowance and maintaining meaningful claim protection.
- Companies and inventors with a pending application or USPTO office action can speak with Milano IP about their next step.
What is patent prosecution?
Patent prosecution is the process of working with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after a patent application has been filed. It can include responding to office actions, communicating with the examiner, amending claims, filing RCEs, and pursuing an appeal when appropriate.
Despite the name, patent prosecution is not courtroom litigation.
Is receiving a patent office action normal?
Yes. Receiving an office action is a common part of USPTO examination and does not necessarily mean there is a problem with your application.
The important question is how to respond to the examiner’s objections while protecting the scope of the claims you are seeking.
Can Milano IP take over an application filed by another patent attorney?
Yes. Milano IP can handle prosecution of an existing patent application even if another attorney or firm prepared and filed it.
We can review the application, prosecution history, existing claims, and outstanding USPTO correspondence before recommending the next step.
Can a rejected patent application be appealed?
Depending on the circumstances, yes.
If an examiner maintains a rejection, potential options may include continuing examination through an RCE or pursuing an appeal before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Which path makes sense depends on the rejection, prosecution history, and likelihood that continued examination will resolve the disagreement.
