an Office action made by the examiner where the applicant is entitled to reply and request reconsideration or further examination, with or without making an amendment
On taking up an application for examination or a patent in a
reexamination proceeding proceeding, the examiner is required to make a thorough study of the application and of the available
prior art relating to the subject matter of the claimed
invention. This examination must be complete with respect to:
compliance of the application or patent under reexamination with the applicable statutes and rules
the patentability of the invention as claimed
matters of form, unless otherwise indicated.
Context: Patent
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