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US Patent Law You are employed by the Space Enterprises Inc. In 2012, Space Ente

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Question

US Patent Law

You are employed by the Space Enterprises Inc. In 2012, Space Enterprises filed a patent application for a matter anti-matter engine that is still being prosecuted by the USPTO. You notice a patent that just issued in 2017 for a similar design engine that was also filed in 2012. Your boss asks for your recommendations for a course of action. What option(s) do you recommend to your boss? List and explain all reasonable options. Are there other options that you could suggest?                                

Initiate a derivation proceeding.

Initiate an interference proceeding.

Initiate a reexamination proceeding.

Do nothing. Accept that the competitor won and admit defeat.

Approach your competitor with an offer to collaborate.

Explanation / Answer

Hence these recommendations can be given to the superior officers considering the given situation.