Carson Patents®Patent Application Filing is submitting a patent application to the patent office requesting a patent be granted. Filing can be done online, by postal mail, and by fax.
Patent Application Filing requires the submittal of a complete and properly formatted patent application to the patent office.
Complete means that the application includes the necessary and proper forms, and a good specification, claims, abstract, and drawings (if needed – they usually are).
Patent Prosecution Services are usually one of these three activities: [1] representing a patent application through examination (responding to office actions), [2] appealing an examination decision, or [3] conducting opposition, reissue, or reexamination proceedings.
For design and utility patents, the third step to patenting is patent application filing. Patent application filing is the submitting of a complete and properly formatted patent application to the patent office.