The so-called "response" is a reply to the examination opinion of the Patent Office .Most people may think that the response is a bad thing, because the response will not only delay the time of granting, but also the response will produce more costs, it is best to pass the examination at one time, and direct grant is the best - this is very Serious mistaking. The reason is that any granted patent is a provisional patent, which is a judgment of the claims in the patent application based on the prior art searched by the examiner.

It contains three variables: the reviewed claims, the searched prior arts, and the examiner's judgment.

 In other words, even if the patent examiner grants you patent application, it is only currently patented based on the searched limited number of prior arts, but the final power of patent is granted by the court, and there are often differences between the views of the court and the views of the Patent Office examiner.

Therefore, if it is an important protective case, the more fully discussed with the Patent Office in the early stage, the more the rights in the later will be consolidated.

Compared with the cost of the later explanation in the court, the cost of response is actually very low.

 After all, the validity period of patent right is 20 years, and the possibility of being challenged later is very high for a patent with very valuable technology.

 In addition, a claim that has not been fully discussed and examined usually represents a smaller scope of protection, that is to say, the applicant may have suffered a loss of the right.