Patent Bar Mpep Q & A Podcast

Question: What will a Right of Appeal Notice (RAN) set forth? Answer: The RAN will identify the status of each claim. It will set forth: the grounds of rejection for all claims rejected in the RAN; the reasons why a proposed rejection is not made for all decisions favorable to patentability as to claims that were contested by the third party requester; and the reasons for patentability for all claims “allowed” and not contested by the third party requester. Chapter Details: The answer to this question can be found in chapter 2600 of the MPEP. This chapter covers Optional Inter… The post MPEP Q & A 50: What Right of Appeal Notice Sets Forth appeared first on Patent Education Series.