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EPO gets Stricter on Requirements for Recording Assignments
By AWA | Posted on October 24, 2016
The EPO is going to take a stricter approach for recording an assignment of EP applications. Up until now the EPO has accepted assignment documents evidencing a transfer that had only been signed by the Assignor. Recordal of assignment is governed by Article 72 EPC which states that “An assignment of a European patent application...
Tags: awapatent, EP application, EPO, Patent, patent application
European Patent Office: New PPH agreements on the way
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on October 20, 2016
The ever expanding Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) network keeps getting new additions, and as usual, the AWAPATENT IP Blog sums up the new expansions and arising possibilities. The PPH is a system of bilateral agreements allowing for requesting accelerated examination at one participating office. The system is based on the search results and a set...
Wider scope of protection for Swedish patents?
By AWA | Posted on November 20, 2013
Last week the Swedish government referred an amendment of the Swedish patent law to the Council on Legislation for reconsideration. According to the suggested amendment, patent applications filed in English need not be translated into Swedish. Instead, they can be granted in English. For applicants filing a Swedish patent application in English and wishing to...
Tags: EPO, Europe, patent application, sweden
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
Explore the benefits of a first national filing
By Love Koči | Posted on September 21, 2011
The filing of a patent application is associated with numerous considerations. Should it be firstly filed as an international PCT application? Would it perhaps be better to directly enter one or more regional phases in combination with some selected countries of interest? Alternatively, should the application firstly be filed nationally before deciding how to proceed?...
Tags: English, filing, Patent, patent application, PCT application
Changes to the German Intellectual Property Laws
By AWA | Posted on September 24, 2009
A series of changes to the German intellectual property laws was recently passed by the German parliament. The reforms enter into force on 1 October 2009. Of greatest importance are the changes to the patent law regarding patent invalidity proceedings. The changes aim at speeding up the process by limiting the possibility of making changes...
Tags: fee, filing, german intellectual property, patent application
What are the consequences of the decision from the Federal Circuit on the new USPTO regulations?
By AWA | Posted on April 7, 2009
In August 2007 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a rules package intended to limit the number of patent claims in a single patent application to 25 (including a maximum of 5 independent claims) and also to restrict the possibility of filing what are known as “continuation applications”. The main aim of...
Tags: federal circuit, patent application, patent claims, uspto regulations
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