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Instantly verify patent status across 147 patent offices. Get live updates on grants, rejections, and office actions.

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Deadline Tracker

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Prosecution History

Complete timeline of every office action, response, and status change. Full transparency at your fingertips.

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Status Encyclopedia

Understanding Patent
Status Types

Each status tells a story. Here's what each one means for your intellectual property.

Granted / Active

The patent has been examined and approved by the patent office. You now have exclusive rights to the invention for the patent's lifetime (typically 20 years from filing).

What This Means

  • Legal monopoly on the claimed invention
  • Right to exclude others from making, using, selling
  • Asset for licensing, valuation, or enforcement
  • Must maintain by paying periodic fees

Key Metrics

Time to Grant (avg)2.5 years
Grant Rate (US)55.8%
Maintenance Compliance87%

Pending / Under Examination

The application has been filed and is being examined by the patent office. This is a critical phase where claims may be amended and office actions must be responded to.

What This Means

  • Examiner is reviewing claims and prior art
  • May receive non-final or final office actions
  • Provisional protection in some jurisdictions
  • "Patent Pending" status can be used commercially

Common Milestones

Filed & Acknowledged
Published (18 months)
Under Examination
Awaiting Decision

Rejected / Final Rejection

The examiner has determined that the claims do not meet patentability requirements. However, this is rarely the end of the road—several appeal pathways exist.

Common Rejection Reasons

  • Anticipation — prior art already discloses the invention
  • Obviousness — invention would be obvious to a skilled person
  • Subject matter ineligibility (e.g., abstract ideas)
  • Insufficient disclosure or enablement

Rejection Is Not Final

  • ~45% of final rejections are eventually overcome
  • RCE (Request for Continued Examination) success: ~60%
  • Appeal to PTAB reversal rate: ~35-40%
  • Continuation applications offer fresh chances

Abandoned

The application has been abandoned, typically due to failure to respond to an office action, missed deadline, or intentional withdrawal. In many cases, revival is possible.

Common Causes

  • Missed response deadline to office action
  • Failed to pay maintenance/annuity fees
  • Applicant chose not to pursue further
  • IDS not filed within required timeframe

Revival Options

  • Petition for revival (unavoidable delay)
  • Petition for revival (unintentional delay)
  • File a continuation (if parent is still pending)
  • Re-file with updated claims and prior art

Expired

The patent has reached the end of its legal term (typically 20 years from filing) without being maintained. The invention now enters the public domain.

Implications

  • Invention is now in the public domain
  • Anyone can use, make, or sell the invention
  • Valuable as prior art for new applications
  • May indicate terminal disclaimer was filed

Strategic Value

  • Freedom to operate analysis for your products
  • Build upon expired technology for new patents
  • Competitive intelligence on expired competitor IP
  • Open-source and research opportunities

Withdrawn

The applicant voluntarily withdrew the application, often as a strategic decision to refile, restructure claims, or pursue an alternative protection path.

Why Withdraw?

  • Strategic refiling with broader/narrower claims
  • Shift to trade secret protection instead
  • Cost-benefit analysis turned negative
  • Prior art discovered after filing

After Withdrawal

  • Refile with amended claims (if no new matter)
  • File continuation-in-part for new matter
  • Pursue PCT route for international protection
  • Evaluate trade secret viability
Action Roadmap

What To Do After You Know
Your Patent Status

Every status opens a specific set of actions. Here's your complete roadmap for what to do next—tailored to each possible outcome.

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FAQ

Common Questions

Most results return in under 3 seconds. We simultaneously query the relevant patent office database and our cached index. For complex patent families, results may take up to 10 seconds to compile complete information across all family members.

We support 147 patent offices worldwide including USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO, CNIPA, WIPO (PCT), IPO (India), IP Australia, CIPO (Canada, DPMA (Germany), UKIPO, and many more. Our coverage expands monthly based on user demand.

No. Our next-steps recommendations are informational guidance based on common patent prosecution practices and statistical data. They are not legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Always consult a qualified patent attorney for decisions about your specific patent matters.

We achieve 99.8% accuracy by cross-referencing data from multiple sources including official patent office databases, legal status gazettes, and our proprietary verification engine. Each result includes a confidence score and timestamp. We recommend verifying critical decisions against the official office record.

Yes. Our Competitive Intelligence feature (Pro and Enterprise plans) lets you create watchlists of competitor patent portfolios. You'll receive alerts when their patents change status, get granted, or face office actions. This gives you strategic visibility into competitor IP activity.

In the US, there's a 6-month grace period with a surcharge. After that, the patent expires and can only be revived through a petition showing the delay was unavoidable or unintentional. Our platform sends escalating alerts at 90, 60, 30, and 7 days before deadlines to ensure you never miss one.

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