Tag: recent changes
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We have completed our major update of PCT.App for recent legal changes. Most of the changes relate to handling of languages by the RO, and the new additional reasons for forwarding to the IB under Rule 19.4 and Rule 26.3ter. The most relevant PCT updates are found at PCT Highlights.
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A big advantage of our online references is that they are automatically updated without disturbing your own notes. Any errors can be corrected immediately, and legal changes can be incorporated regularly. This year, there have been no major legal updates in PCT, and very few significant updates in the guidelines and applicants guides. We have…
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We have just completed our major update of PCT.App for the legal changes in July & August. Most of the changes relate to sequence listings, which is now much more integrated into PCT. We have also changed some core structures to improve the layout and to distribute legal provisions in a more logical way. In…
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This is a monthly snapshot of the most important PCT-related changes – we include a full list of future changes, together with selected recent changes that are important for daily practice. The changes of 1 Jul 22 will be included in the Sept. 2022 edition of PCT.App. Some treaty accessions were announced and e-PCT now…
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As part of our updating process, we regular monitor the WIPO and EPO websites. See below for the most important PCT-related changes that we are currently aware of. The changes of 1 Jul 22 will be included in the Sept. 2022 edition of PCT.App. The main themes in 2022 are the “big bang” change to…
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The EPO is now running into some practical problems with the new rules. It can happen that you get a communication stamped “Examining Division” on EP entry. However, this is not the “first communication fro the Examining Division: for filing divisionals. You may also be asked to respond to the first office action even if…
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It is hard to find time to keep up with the changes in the law, and recent case law. We read everything and pick out the important things so you don’t have to 😉 We are organising a Patent Law update in Utrecht, NL on 8 March 2010. Utrecht is about 20 minutes in the…
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Today (30/11/09), the EPO published a draft version of the Examination Guidelines. These Guidelines are updated based upon the EPC changes scheduled for 1/4/10, and may possibly be updated again. For those sitting the EQE in 2010: The Chairman of the Examination Board has also posted a notice, stating very clearly, that the version to…
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At the meeting between the tutors and the examination committees two weeks ago, it was clearly stated by the D committee that the changes scheduled for 1/4/10 will NOT be tested. The exam tests the law on the 31/12/09 – the fact that these changes have been published in the OJEPO this year does not…
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It has been a while since I looked at the EPO’s html version of the EPC. Today I noticed a couple of features which are useful for daily practice: A hyperlinked EPC2000 => EPC1973 cross-reference table. For example, for the Rules For each article and rule, an overview of recent changes to that provision, and hyperlinks to the…