shotgun rejection
Slang. Denial of all or almost all claims in a patent application by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, esp. in the first office action.
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office action
office action. Patents. A patent examiner’s communication with a patent applicant, usu. to state the reasons for denying an application. See UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE . [Cases: Patents 108. C.J.S. Patents §§ 144, 148–151.] advisory office action. An office action in which the patent examiner replies to an applicant’s response following final rejection
first office action
A patent examiner’s initial reply to a patent application. • If the examiner’s first report is a rejection of all or most of the application’s claims, it is termed a shotgun rejection. To avoid abandoning the prosecution, the applicant must respond by answering the examiner’s reasons for rejection, amending the claims, or both. Cf. final
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