The New Year will bring us two new options for accelerating progress of patent applications in a variety of countries. The five largest patent offices...
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 ...
The PCT-PPH program
There is a new opportunity being afforded PCT applications (on a beta test or pilot basis) that receive positive results in the international phase to...
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Explained
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a program available to some patent applications that have entered the national stage. In order to qualify for ...
Strategies for potential PPH participation
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a treaty program of participating national patent offices. The PPH program allows an inventor to fast track co...