Carson Patents®Patent Prosecution is representing the invention’s patent application before the USPTO. It is also called patent representation.Patent Prosecution is the conducting of communications with the USPTO regarding the examination of a patent application, or a patent.
It is most frequently things like, letters to address any rejections or objections made regarding a patent application, amendments to add new or revised claims, or the conducting of examiner interviews. It also includes submitting and processing other patenting actions such as: Protests, Citation of Prior Art, Ex-Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination, and Supplemental Examination.
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.