"Final rejection is final rejection " A Final Rejection means anything but final! It pretty much mean "Final Free Rejection"... I have had MANY Final Rejections that turned into patents... I haven't read the rejection but I will if there is time! "“Final” is a misnomer, however, because a final rejection does not mean that prosecution of the patent application is over." Read this, for example: https://ptslaw.com/2016/04/a-final-rejection-is-not-the-end/