Patent application: How to reply when told that the patent is not creative?
How to reply to being told that the patent is not creative? Some people apply for a patent for the first time and are pointed out that the invention patent is not creative when they meet the notice of patent application. Do you know how to reply to this situation? How to reply to being told that the patent is not creative? How to reply to being told that the patent is not creative? In fact, the general examination opinions of invention patents all say that the patent requirements are not creative. Don't worry too much. In the past two years, it is normal for the Intellectual Property Office to control the licensing rate and improve the quality of patents. Let's first see if the examiner says that all the claims are not creative, and are there any evaluated claims? If so, for the need of authorization, we can consider mentioning the creative claim that the examiner has not commented on to the exclusive right. In this case, the chief inspector will accept and grant the patent right. Second, if the examiner says that all the claims are judged to be not creative, then you need to consider defending yourself with the examiner. Does the examiner make sense? Is the comparison file found really the same as your invention patent? What's the difference? Whether the difference is easy to think of as the examiner said, or whether the comparison file gives technical enlightenment, is generally different from the comparison file in terms of the role played by different technical features in the invention, so the comparison file has no technical enlightenment to defend. In this way, how to explain the technical scheme, so as to distinguish your invention patent application from the comparison document and convince the examiner.