# Notice of allowance

A document the USPTO sends when an examiner has determined that the claims in a patent application are allowable and a patent will be issued — once the applicant pays the issue fee. Receiving a notice of allowance means prosecution is essentially over. The applicant typically has three months to pay the issue fee.

**Full entry:** https://patentbrief.org/glossary/notice-of-allowance

**All patent terms:** https://patentbrief.org/glossary

---

_Source: PatentBrief — https://patentbrief.org. A plain-English glossary of US patent terms._