definiens: shall mean a claim of a Patent which : ( a ) has not been revoked or heldunenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or other governmental agenc y ofcompetent jurisdiction, which decision is not appealable or has not been appe aled withinthe time allowed for appeal ; ( b ) has not been disclaimed, denied or adm itted to be invalidor unenforceable through reissue, re - examination or disclaimer or otherwi se ; and ( c ) ifthe claim is in a pending patent application, the patent application has not been pendingfor more than * * * years from the date of the first substantive office action on the meritsof such claim by the patent office having jurisdiction over such patent appl ication . Forthe purposes of this definition of Valid Claim, the term shallmean a correspondence from the patent office to the applicant specifyi ng the examinationof the claims in a patent application specifying the allowance ther eof or statutorygrounds for any objection to or rejection thereof