You’ve put time, money, and energy into your invention. You filed a patent application. The examiner responded and rejected it. Not because someone already invented the exact same thing, but because the examiner wrote something like: “Claims 1–10 are rejected…

The USPTO recently announced a procedural change: starting May 13, 2025, the time between a patent’s Issue Notification and the official Grant Date will be reduced from approximately three weeks to two. On the surface, this may seem like a…