by evansfox | Oct 11, 2012
Israel began a pilot PPH program on August 1, 2012. This is great news for biotech and pharmaceutical patentees, since there is significant pharmaceutical manufacturing in Israel. WIPO actually agreed in 2009 to allow the Israeli Patent Office (IPO) to acts as an...
by evansfox | Oct 11, 2012
As of February 17, 2012, Brunei (BN) became a Paris Convention country for PCT and Paris Convention patent procedure participation. Cheng-Ning Jong, a Patent Agent and Professional Engineer for Tracy Jong Law Firm, is from the island of Borneo and speaks the local...
by evansfox | Oct 11, 2012
As of July 2012, the ePCT application of WIPO provides secure online access to PCT application files. (It is the equivalent of the USPTO public and private PAIR). You can set up customized notifications (e-mail warnings) and e-file documents (except new PCT...
by evansfox | Oct 11, 2012
As of January 2012, WIPO’s PATENTSCOPE website became an audience for patentees to offer their patent for license. To participate in this program, an applicant can file a PCT/IB/382 form. The patent applicant can also include a letter describing pertinent license...
by evansfox | Oct 11, 2012
As of September 16, 2012, the America Invents Act (AIA) allows entities (businesses) to be applicants if they are an assignee or employer of the inventor. However, if you have foreign entities, you may need to name one or more inventors as applicants to satisfy the...
by evansfox | Oct 11, 2012
PATENTSCOPE is a new search tool on the WIPO website that allows you not only to search the PCT database of over one million PCT international applications, but also the patent collections of ARIPO, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Israel,...
