Wednesday, December 8 will be an ideal day for enthusiasts for the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Two action-packed events, one after another, both free of charge.
10:30 AM Eastern Time to 1PM Eastern Time. WIPO’s annual Advanced PCT Seminar. Topics include:
- Recent and future developments in the PCT System
- ePCT: latest and future developments
The prepared materials will conclude at noon Eastern Time, at which time a one-hour Q&A session will provide an opportunity for participants to ask PCT-related questions of WIPO’s panel of PCT experts.
Your presenters are Matthias Reischle-Park, Hanna Kang, Cécile Chatel, and Pascal Piriou.
For more information, or to register, click here.
2PM Eastern Time to 3:40 PM Eastern Time. Picking an International Searching Authority. A PCT filer from the US has eight International Searching Authorities to choose from:
- Australian Patent Office (ISA/AU)
- European Patent Office (ISA/EP)
- Israel patent office (ISA/IL)
- Japanese Patent Office (ISA/JP)
- Korean Intellectual Property Office (ISA/KR)
- Russian patent office (ISA/RU)
- Singapore patent office (ISA/SG)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (ISA/US)
Is there some particular ISA among these eight ISAs that is always or nearly always the best choice for nearly all PCT filers? (The answer is no!)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these various International Searching Authorities? What are aspects of a particular patent application that might make a big difference to an applicant in the applicant’s process of selecting an ISA?
As a bonus topic we will talk about ways that power users can use ePCT to communicate with ISAs, and we will talk about ways to transfer funds to ISAs. We will also discuss the likely futility of trying to get the ISA to agree to let you hand in formal drawings after you have made the mistake of filing your PCT application with informal drawings.
Your presenter is Carl Oppedahl.
The event is free of charge, because of generous support from WIPO. For more information, or to register, click here.