Category: PCT

Hello PCT enthusiasts!  Who would like to participate in a day of Patent Cooperation Treaty (and ePCT) training?  It will take place this coming Tuesday, October 28, in the Detroit patent office.  I am one of the faculty members for this training.  For more information, or to register, click here.

Hello PCT enthusiasts!  Who would like to participate in a day of Patent Cooperation Treaty (and ePCT) training?  It will take place this coming Friday, October 24, in the Dallas patent office.  I am one of the faculty members for this training.  For more information, or to register, click here.

What could be more fun than a full day of PCT training?  The answer, of course, is a full day of PCT training followed by a reception.  Continue reading “And a reception after the Dallas PCT seminar”

As a reminder, folks, there are four upcoming opportunities for PCT and ePCT training, all of which will include me as a presenter.

• • National Docketing Association annual meeting, San Diego (brochure page):
    • Monday, October 6, 3:15 PM PT – Making Best Use of ePCT for PCT Docketing (75 minutes)
    • Tuesday, October 7, 1PM PT – Mastering PCT Docketing (60 minutes)
  • Friday, October 24, Dallas Patent Office (brochure page) – Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and ePCT seminar (full day)
  • Tuesday, October 28, Detroit Patent Office (brochure page) – Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and ePCT seminar (full day)

It is now six weeks ago that I followed instructions from the EBC and used fax to send in a Form 2248 in two of my PCT cases.  (See blog article.)  Yes, six weeks have now passed during which EBC continues to fail to act upon either of the Forms 2248 that I sent to them.

Folks, there are still seats available for my 2½-day PCT seminar that starts on September 30, 2025.

Please register for this seminar.  For more information, or to register click here.

Hello loyal readers.  Hopefully many of you have logged in to attend this PCT seminar that is taking place right now at the San Jose patent office.

I am delighted to report that we have some thirty-two in-person attendees as well as some eighty-two virtual attendees.

 

Hello PCT enthusiasts.   Here are three upcoming live in-person PCT training opportunities.

• • San Jose, Friday, September 12, 2025.  One day of live, in-person PCT training at the San Jose patent office.  I will be among the faculty for this seminar.  For more information, or to register, click here.
  • Denver, Tuesday, September 16, 2025.  One day of live, in-person PCT training at the Denver patent office.  I will be among the faculty for this seminar.  For more information, or to register, click here.
  • Denver airport location, Tuesday, September 30, 2025 through Thursday, October 2, 2025.  2½ days of live, in-person PCT training from yours truly.  Fly to the Denver airport and take a free hotel shuttle to the seminar hotel.  For more information, or to register, click here.

(Update:  two more weeks have passed, bring the foot-dragging delay up to a full six weeks.  See blog article.)

It’s been a month now since I followed the instructions of the Electronic Business Center (EBC) and faxed Form 2248 to the USPTO (in two different patent application files).  As of today, a month has passed and the EBC has failed to act upon either of the Forms 2248.

What, you might ask, is Form 2248?  What is the problem for which Form 2248 is the solution?  You might ask yourself whether you have one or more active patent application files for which you ought to have sent in Form 2248.  How would you know?   What might one do to avoid getting into a situation where you are vulnerable to this “Form-2248 problem”?  Continue reading “EBC foot-drags handling of Form 2248”

Hello dear readers.  You already know that there are PCT seminars coming up at four patent offices (San Jose, Denver, Dallas, and Detroit).  And you already know that yours truly will be among the faculty for these four seminars.   The big news today is that I am pleased to see that CLE accreditation has been obtained for the seminars in the Denver patent office (click here) and the Dallas patent office (click here).

For more information, or to register for any of these four one-day seminars, click here.

I also encourage you to attend my upcoming 2½-day live in-person Patent Cooperation Treaty seminar in beautiful Colorado, near the Denver airport, and the related half-day seminar on PCT docketing (click here).  This will be September 30 to October 2, 2025.  These seminars have also been CLE-accredited (click here and here).