International Battery Metals Ltd (IBATF)

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It looks like the patents will be getting a “final rejection”. The next step is to file a RCE (request for continued examination) or go to PTAB (patent trial and appeal board)


And yet, to most applicants,the primary difference between “non-final” and “final” office actions is: A final office action requires paying an RCE fee in order to continue prosecuting the application before the examiner. A non-final office action doesn’t.
http://www.usptotalk.com/mysteries-of-patent-law-the-pointlessness-of-non-final-vs-final-office-actions/