Category: PCT

I’ll be teaching a webinar on Wednesday, April 4.  The topic is whether to use national phase or bypass continuation when pursuing US patent protection from a PCT application.  To learn more, or to register, click here.

As a reminder, there are many upcoming opportunities to learn about PCT:

• Dallas, Texas – April 9-10
• Minneapolis, Minnesota – April 11 (*)
• Austin, Texas – April 11-12
• New Orleans, Louisiana – April 18-20 (*)
• Boston, Massachusetts – June 6-7 (*)
• Alexandria, Virginia – July 11-12 (*)

I will be a presenter at the programs marked with the asterisk.

There’s a nice opportunity to learn about PCT coming up soon in Alexandria, Virginia.  I will be teaching two and a half days about PCT, on July 11-12, 2018.  This program is sponsored by Patent Resources Group.

To find out more, or to register, click here.

There’s a great opportunity to learn about PCT, coming soon in Boston, Massachusetts.

This is a two-day seminar hosted by PCT Learning Center, taking place on June 6 and 7, 2018.  I will be one of the speakers for this program.

For more information, or to register, click here.

It will be recalled (see my blog post of February 2, 2018) that the search fee for ISA/KR will increase by about 7% for filers in RO/US.  The increase will happen on April 1, 2018.

This offers an opportunity to save some money on PCT filing fees.  A US filer who is considering filing a PCT application (and who plans to pick ISA/KR) on or after April 1 might want to consider filing it on or before March 31.  This would permit the filer to pay the cheaper search fee.

The search fee paid by US filers for the Korean International Searching Authority (for the first invention) will increase on April 1, 2018 from $1134 to $1218, an increase of about seven percent.

The nice inexpensive fee at ISA/KR for the second through n-th inventions will, however, remain unchanged at a mere ₩225000 (about $208 at today’s exchange rate). Continue reading “Korean search fee to increase April 1”

PCT Learning Center will sponsor a two-day program about PCT in Austin.  This will be April 11-12.  Note that I will not be a presenter at this program.

To learn more or to register, click here.

PCT Learning Center will sponsor a two-day program about PCT in Dallas.  This will be April 9-10.  Note that I will not be a presenter at this program.

To learn more or to register, click here.

There’s a nice opportunity to learn about PCT coming up soon in New Orleans.  I will be teaching two and a half days about PCT, on April 18th through 20th.  This program is sponsored by Patent Resources Group.

To find out more, or to register, click here.