When you select your international search authority and international preliminary examination authority, it is important to understand what subject ma...
Limitations of EPO as ISA & IPEA
When you select your international search authority and international preliminary examination authority, it is important to understand what subject ...
The ABCs of PCTs
ARIPO African Regional Industrial Property Organization DO Designated Office under the PCT (Chapter I) EAPO Eurasian Patent Office EO Elected Of...
Using Article 19 and Article 34 in patent amendments
After a PCT applicant receives a search report and written opinion, he may wish to respond to the Examiner’s comments “on the record.” There are...
What is a Chapter II Demand?
After you receive your International Search Report and Written Opinion, the next step in the PCT process is to consider submitting informal comments, ...
Choosing the International Search Authority (ISA)
For a PCT application, the patent office that performs the search on the invention is called the International Search Authority (ISA). Not all patent ...
How the IPER offers an exceptional ROI to patentees
After you file your PCT application, you will receive an International Preliminary Examination Report (IPER). The IPER occurs during the first stage o...