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Office action

Office action noun: a formal report from the United States Patent Office examiner detailing which claims in a patent application were allowed for later issue (publication) in a patent and which claims were rejected, and why.

Noun

Office action (plural Office actions)

  1. A formal report from the United States Patent Office examiner detailing which claims in a patent application were allowed for later issue (publication) in a patent and which claims were rejected, and why.

Forms of Office action

pluralOffice actions

Questions about Office action

What does Office action mean?
Office action means a formal report from the United States Patent Office examiner detailing which claims in a patent application were allowed for later issue (publication) in a patent and which claims were rejected, and why.
What part of speech is Office action?
Office action is a noun.
What is the plural of Office action?
The plural of Office action is Office actions.

Words near Office action in the dictionary

  1. offholds
  2. officah
  3. offical
  4. offically
  5. office
  6. Office action
  7. office automation
  8. office automations
  9. office block
  10. office blocks
  11. office boy

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