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Today’s webinar was entitled Intro to ePCT, why ePCT is important, getting a user ID and password, setting up 2FA.
I conducted a few polls about 2FA during the webinar, and here are some results. Continue reading “Two-factor authentication in ePCT – polling results”
Here is the ranking as of today, from most registrations down to fewest registrations, for the next eight ePCT webinars:
Hello readers. It will be recalled that in 2018 (see blog posting), the clock in the ePCT system looked like this:
Hello dear readers. There is an annual ritual which I keep hoping would eventually cease to be necessary, but yet again today the ritual presents itself. What I am talking about is the annual scheduling of four blog postings about Daylight Saving Time. Continue reading “An annual ritual for me – scheduled postings about DST”
Yesterday I opened up the first eight ePCT webinars for registration. In the first 24 hours, lots of folks have registered. But I know what you are asking! You want to know, which ePCT webinars have the most signups so far? Here is the ranking so far, from most registrations down to fewest registrations so far:
Hello folks. Finally after many months of my talking about it, I have scheduled the first few ePCT webinars. Here are the first few:
For more information, or to register, click here.
It will be recalled that in February and March of 2022, thanks to sponsorship of the Schwegman firm, many hundreds of people all around the world were able to attend my lectures about the Patent Cooperation Treaty. This was a remarkable series of fifteen lectures spread over about six weeks.
The lectures got recorded and the recordings got posted, along with the slides. This meant that anybody who had missed the live lectures could watch the lectures later, free of charge. This meant that this generous gift of the Schwegman firm to the world patent community was a gift that kept on giving. (One place where you can see the recordings and slides is here.) You might wonder how many have watched the recorded lectures. Here are some statistics on that. Continue reading “How many have watched the recordings of the 2022 Schwegman lectures?”
WIPO recently released a new version of ePCT and it has many changes that are helpful for applicants. Now WIPO will be offering a webinar that reviews and explains some of those changes.
Every user of the PCT system ought to attend. Continue reading “Attend this webinar for PCT enthusiasts”
I have given quite a bit of thought to ways that a patent applicant or practitioner might be able to avoid the profound malpractice risk of filing in Microsoft Word (DOCX) format when filing a patent application. As of right now I have thought of two ways. Maybe there are more ways. Continue reading “Ways to avoid having to pay USPTO’s $400 non-DOCX penalty”
Hello, PCT enthusiasts. Today WIPO has placed into service its new version of the PCT Applicant’s Guide. (WIPO has dubbed today’s new version as “the eGuide“.) You can see it here. Importantly, the legacy version of the Applicant’s Guide is still available. You can see it here. Continue reading “See the new version of the PCT Applicant’s Guide”