A large percentage of issued patents contain errors. A patent is enforceable as it is granted. Therefore errors have a bearing on the enforceability of a patent. We also provide patent Proofreading Services to our clients, which helps in finding the bugs in the final report and helps in obtaining the patent to our clients.
The Proofreading includes :
- Prior art references on the front page are verified against cited in the disclosure statements
- Reference numerals mentioned in the description appear in the drawings
- Correction of antecedent basis error in claims
- Identify applicant errors
- Provide form to the client for the issuance of a Certificate of Correction (CoC) Ensure that Examiner amendments are reviewed
- Identify errors introduced by Examiner amendments
- Preparing an exhaustive report with all the changes made during the patent proofreading of the subject patent.