What action can be taken to keep an application alive after receiving a "Final" Office Action?

Filing a Notice of Appeal is an appropriate action to keep an application alive after receiving a "Final" Office Action. When a final rejection is issued, it indicates that the examiner believes the application does not meet the necessary patentability criteria, and the applicant typically has limited options for further prosecution in that round of examination. Filing a Notice of Appeal allows the applicant to formally appeal the examiner's decision to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which can provide an opportunity for a second review of the patentability issues.

This process helps maintain the application in the system while providing the applicant a chance to argue against the final rejection and potentially have the decision overturned, thereby keeping the application alive for further consideration.

The other options provided do not effectively keep the application alive in the same manner. Submitting updated drawings does not address the substantive issues raised in the final rejection. A request for reexamination is not applicable in the same context, as reexamination applies to issued patents, not pending applications. Submitting a new patent application does not relate directly to the initial application and does not effectively address the final rejection of the original application.