Bluesky: @oppedahl.com
It’s that time of year again. People in the US who sometimes e-file stuff at the International Bureau at WIPO will have memorized exactly what the local time is that works out to being midnight in Switzerland … and for the next three weeks, the answer to this question will be different from the usual …
Each year, July 1 is very often the date upon which PCT rules changes will take effect, and 2019 is no exception. There is a rule change regarding PCT Demands that will come into force on July 1, 2019. The single most important thing to keep in mind about this rule change will be the …
Continue reading “Important PCT rule change effective July 1, 2019”
(Note: this tripwire feature is feature request FR7. The “last 30 ack receipts” feature is feature request FR4.) (Update: Ideascale does not seem to work any more. For example this very suggestion by the person mentioned below is no longer to be seen in the Ideascale system.) In this posting I will talk about three …
Continue reading “Setting up a tripwire for new filings in EFS-Web and Patentcenter”
Keep in mind that most locations in the US will turn off daylight saving time today, but today is not the day that Switzerland will turn off daylight saving time. (Switzerland turned off DST a week ago.) Those who are filing documents at the International Bureau — documents that need a same-day filing date — …
Continue reading “US filers and filing at WIPO and daylight saving time”
Keep in mind that Switzerland will turn off daylight saving time today. Those who are filing documents at the International Bureau — documents that need a same-day filing date — should check to make sure they know what time it is in Switzerland as of today. For US filers, keep in mind that the US …
There’s a special opportunity to learn some advanced PCT in Manhattan on November 8. Yours truly is the instructor. The course is Patent Administration II: Building on a Solid Foundation, a sequel to Patent Resources Group’s trusted course for patent support professionals. Early registration pricing is available through October 22. For more information or to register, click …
Continue reading “Learn about some advanced PCT in New York on November 8”
[Note from Carl Oppedahl: I received this text from a reader who suggested that I post it as a guest blog article. It is posted anonymously, for reasons that will become clear. Maybe you find it as interesting to read as I did!] This is a long e-mail, but I hope that you will read …
The European Patent Office (EPO) will sponsor three seminars for US‑based patent practitioners, paralegals and their administrative staff.
The fee to be paid by a US PCT filer for a search carried out by IP Australia dropped today, from $1722 to $1631. I mentioned this in a previous blog post. You will not need to worry about accidentally paying an incorrect fee amount, because the e-filing systems have already been updated to reflect the …
When you file a PCT application in a Receiving Office other than the RO/IB, the Receiving Office will consider whether it is “competent” to handle that particular PCT application. If the RO determines that it is non-competent, it will transfer the application to the RO/IB for further processing. (The application does not lose its filing …
Continue reading “It turns out there’s a name for this: lorem ipsum”