Allowance and Issue
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Sections: 1301 – 1309
Brief Summary:
Once the decision to allow an application to patent has been made by the PTO, a Notice of Allowance will be sent out to the applicant.
The applicant will then have a few months to pay the issue fee. Once the issue fee is paid (on time), the applicant will then be sent a copy of the official patent papers.
This chapter discusses the details of these proceedings and the variations that may occur such as; withdrawing from issue, the term lengths of various patents and what happens if the issue fee is not paid on time.
Key Terms:
| Allowed | Issue Fee | Notice of Allowance |
| Patent Term | Issuance |
37 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations):
| 37 CFR 1.104 | Nature of examination. |
| 37 CFR 1.311 | Notice of Allowance. |
35 USC (United States Code):
| 35 USC 154 | Contents and term of patent; provisional rights. |