What is a non-final office action?

This is either a requirement to restrict between two or more inventions, and prosecute only one, or of two or more species, and prosecute only one; or more often a rejection of some or all of your claims.

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Dr. Thomas R. (Terry) Williamson III is a Patent Attorney practicing in Atlanta, Georgia.

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