
Welcome to PCT.App ! By IP.appify : www.pctapp.net/en/pct-app The only self-editable guide to PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty). Readable on your mobile phone & tablet. It is extensively commented, with many summaries of key issues. The screenshot above is simulated – “See Inside” for examples of actual screenshots. Search full-text, and navigate with hyperlinks & cross-references to internal & external resources. Organisation is chronological, mirroring…
In most years, official PCT documents are updated in July/August. However, this year, the WIPO has confirmed that few documents will be changed in 2021. There are no amendments to the PCT Regulations coming into force on 1 July 2021. Expected: possibly some changes to the PCT AIs and Forms later this year. 1 July…
Last year, we introduced the first version of my PCT legal reference on the IP.appify platform. After months of evaluation and feedback from many users, we have optimised the layout for printing. Although multiple clickable references and repeating provisions verbatim are useful online for quick navigation, they are often distracting in the print version, and…
The IP.appify platform allows you to fine tune and build your own legal reference for both EPC and PCT, that will never be outdated. As an alternative to working on-line, the EPC part is also available as a stand-alone book with basic author’s comments (and cross-references) on Amazon (.de or .com or .co.uk) UPDATE: Nov…
After a lot of effort, both making content as well as adapting the platform (thanks to Till Andlauer, Stefan Ahlers, Thomas Eißfeller), we have finished the first edition available of the PCT. App. Finally, a tool is available that can deal with a convoluted treaty like PCT. UPDATE: we have just performed some major updates…
I was immediately enthusiastic about EPC.App as it supports different uses by different types of candidate. To answer legal questions efficiently, you need to be able to find details (like procedural acts, time limits & references) quickly and accurately. Traditionally, either you make your own reference book or you learn to use (& annotate) a book…
Two websites offering something new to help students – online tools that you can access anywhere at any time, so you can study when it is most convenient: 1. EPC.App A very smart way to allow you to annotate the EPC. You can use the existing annotations and comments from the authors, adapt them as you…