Troels Peter Rørdam
Introduction of fee reductions for small entities before the EPO
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on May 15, 2014
Effective 1 April 2014 the Administrative Council (AC) of the EPO has changed the rules for obtaining reduction on certain fees charged in relation to the procedure before the EPO . The requirement that the applicant must be a resident of or have principal place of business is in an EPC contracting state with an...
The IP5 launch a PPH pilot programme
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on January 9, 2014
According to the EPO, the world’s five largest Intellectual Property Offices, called IP5, have announced the agreement to launch a comprehensive IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programme, IP5 PPH, intended to take effect in January 2014. The IP5 are the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean IP Office (KIPO),...
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New Global Patent Prosecution Highway to be launched to simplify use
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on December 10, 2013
Using the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) for obtaining accelerated examination is set to become considerably simpler as 13 Intellectual Property Offices around the world announce the intent to launch a Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) arrangement to be taking effect as of 6 January 2014. The 13 offices include the Danish Patent- and Trademark Office...
Patent Prosecution Highway: New possibilities for Swedish patent applicants
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on November 12, 2013
Swedish patent applicants and others using the Swedish Patent- och registreringsverket (PRV) as the office for first filing of patent applications are getting new possibilities for obtaining accelerated prosecution of their following foreign patent applications; the PRV are expanding their participation in the international PPH network with a number of new PPH agreements. Effective 1...
Changes in the Patent Prosecution Highway agreement between DKPTO and CIPO
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on September 26, 2013
Effective 30 July 2013, the part of the PPH-agreement between The Danish Patent- and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) applicaple for applicants using the DKPTO as the Office of First Filing, i.e. typically Danish applicants, has been changed by the CIPO to have the same requirements as a PPH MOTTAINAI...
The Cooperative Patent Classification expands!
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on August 5, 2013
The Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), which has now been in active use for half a year, has now begun the very interesting procedure of expanding geographically speaking. Particularly, both the SIPO (China) and the KIPO (Korea) have signed a so-called memorandum of understanding to initiate the adoption of the CPC. For starters, both offices have...
Tags: CPC
DK-US Patent Prosecution Highway agreement version 2.0
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on June 3, 2013
Patent Prosecution Highway agreement version 2.0 between the DKPTO and the USPTO Effective from today, 3 June 2103, the PPH agreement between The Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO) and The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been upgraded to what the DKPTO aptly calls a “PPH-agrement version 2.0”. With the PPH agreement version...
Tags: DKPTO, patent application, patent prosecution highway, USPTO
The Cooperative Patent Classification has been launched!
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on February 22, 2013
As many will already have noticed the Corporate Patent Classification (CPC), which the AWAPATENT IP Blog has covered previously, has now been launched and taken into use by the EPO and the USPTO. To recapture in brief, the CPC is based on the latest version of the International Patent Classification (IPC) system. The CPC is...
New DK Patent Prosecution Highway-agreement
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on January 28, 2013
New Patent Prosecution Highway agreement between the DKPTO and China’s SIPO Since the beginning of 2013 a new PPH agreement enables Danish patent applicants to obtain a patent in China in a faster and more cost-effective way. On 1 January 2013 a PPH agreement on a pilot project basis came into effect between the Danish...
Is it worth the effort to appeal a decision made by the DKPTO?
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on November 14, 2012
Danish case law regarding patents shows that in a vast majority of cases, the Danish Board of Appeal (BoA) for Patents tend to follow the recommendation of the DKPTO. This has caused reason to pose the question of whether the Danish BoA for Patents tends to put too much weight on the recommendations of the...
Tags: Board of Appeal, Denmark, Patent
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