How to make an appeal towards your patent application

When a patent is filed, it is eventually routed to a patent examiner, who will review the claims in the application and make a first pass determination as to whether the invention as claimed is useful, new and non-obvious, which are the requirements for the application to result in an issued patent.  MOST of the time, on this first pass, the examiner rejects the application, either on the grounds that the application does not clearly and concisely describe the invention in question, or that the claimed invention is either not useful, not new, or is obvious.  The examiner will report their findings in an "office action" letter, to which the applicant must respond within 6 months or the application becomes abandoned. A proper response to the office action either amends the claims to meet the rejections or objections of the patent examiner, or it offers valid legal argument as to why the examiner's rejection or objection is not proper, or both. Drafting an effective response requires expertise.  You will be well advised at this point to engage a registered patent professional, either a patent attorney or a patent agent, to assist you in this matter.  The incidence of non-professionals successfully responding and overcoming office action rejections and objections is quite low.