The ePCT system has a very helpful feature which permits you to see a preview of what will eventually be the first page of your published PCT application.  This feature was mentioned in an article in the Practical Advice section of a recent issue of the PCT Newsletter.  I am delighted to be able to tell you that the article mentions a mistake made by yours truly and the way I fixed the mistake. Continue reading →

If you try hard enough, can you think of some activity you could pursue for an eight-hour day that would be more fun than spending that day with, say, a hundred other people discussing the finer points of the Patent Cooperation Treaty?  Yeah, right, loyal readers, you know what I am talking about.  It would not be easy to top that! Continue reading →

A reminder of a webinar tomorrow — pros and cons of using any of four approaches to obtain US patent protection in connection with a PCT application:

• enter US national phase from the PCT
• file a bypass continuation from the PCT
• claim priority from a US non-provisional application
• file a US non-provisional application at the same time as the PCT application

For more information or to register, click here.