flowchart TB;
01[Filing of Application];
02[Acknowledgement and Accordance of Filing Date];
03[Formality Examination];
04[Issuance of Formality Examination Report];
05[Request for Examination];
06[Substantive Examination];
07[Issuance of Office Action];
08[Response to Office Action];
09[Issuance of Final Office Action];
10[Request for Reconsideration];
11[Issuance of Decision on Request for Reconsideration];
12[Publication of Application];
13[Opposition];
14[Issuance of Patent];
subgraph ack["Acknowledgement"]
02;
end
subgraph form[Formality]
03 & 04;
end
subgraph exam[Examination]
05 & 06 & 07 & 08 & 09 & 10 & 11;
end
subgraph pub[Publication]
12;
end
subgraph oppos[Opposition]
13;
end
ack-->form-->exam-->pub-->oppos-->14;
subgraph extra
15[Request for Continued Examination];
16[Issuance of Supplemental Examination Report];
17[Response to Supplemental Examination Report];
18[Issuance of Final Supplemental Office Action];
19[Request for Reconsideration of Final Supplemental Office Action];
20[Issuance of Decision on Request for Reconsideration of Final Supplemental Office Action];
end
exam-->extra-->15-->16-->17-->18-->19-->20-->14;