tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6718454403872712914..comments2024-03-18T17:10:35.838+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Curtain - Merpel's final EPO postVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64910036247630418672017-09-05T14:08:00.531+01:002017-09-05T14:08:00.531+01:00@Examiner in mechanics said...: I donot het why yo...@Examiner in mechanics said...: I donot het why you are defending a system that -as you admit- provides a low quality product when executing the core task: search and examination to get to a valid grant or a refusal. Putting it back to your clients to get your job done is an absurd proposal. Do you also build your own car, your own house, grow your own veggies, keep your own cows for your steak?... or do you rely on all those that do that professionally doing their jobs well?<br />If you cannot do your job well, you should either change the system so you can, or quit. But stop spending your clients money without delivering. That is criminal, and it is only becaus of the EPOs immunity that you personally and your organization are not being sewed.<br />O, last tip in case you stay on your job: you can draw up a positive search esult and a positive IGRA within 5 minutes - just use search terms that just give you a few A documents, cannot be difficult to do. High volumes, many grants, but do you really think you make anyone happy with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-26922460777929673462017-09-01T11:38:55.242+01:002017-09-01T11:38:55.242+01:00
New example of cronyism at EPO
Gilles Requena (r...<br />New example of cronyism at EPO<br /><br />Gilles Requena (right hand and damned soul of Battistelli who brought him at EPO from INPI, and who is the husband of PD 43 HR Elodie Bergot whose rocket (euphemism for abusive) career is currently challenged at AT-ILO has just been nominated at the level of Principal Director this WITHOUT any publication of a vacancy (correct me if I am wrong).<br /><br />Hey guys why caring to bother about rules when it is so much fun violating them !<br /><br />Well done Battistelli! Expect more from him until his departure<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-46322396453938405622017-08-31T18:32:52.081+01:002017-08-31T18:32:52.081+01:00New CFO at EPO. I wonder what his mother language ...New CFO at EPO. I wonder what his mother language will be for his position in Munich? Not German. Not English. Not a surprise.<br /><br />Diversity, diversity....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-90490889285633289572017-08-26T21:27:15.061+01:002017-08-26T21:27:15.061+01:00CA/53/17: Procedure for designating the deputy of ...<br />CA/53/17: Procedure for designating the deputy of the President of the Boards of Appeal<br /><br />http://www.epo.org/modules/epoweb/acdocument/epoweb2/272/en/CA-58-17_en.pdf<br /><br />CA/D 7/17: http://www.epo.org/modules/epoweb/acdocument/epoweb2/273/en/CA-D_7-17_en.pdf<br /><br /><b>II. RECOMMENDATION </b> <br /><br /><i>3. Article 1 ... As concerns the exercise of the functions and powers which are the subject of the Act of Delegation signed by the President of the Office, such replacement shall require the agreement of the President of the Office….</i><br /><br /><b>V. ARGUMENTS</b><br /><br /><i>13. … The functions and powers, which are the subject of the Act of Delegation signed by the President of the Office, can be exercised by the deputy only with the agreement of the President of the Office. As explained in Annex 1, point 10 of CA/43/16 Rev.1 a delegation of powers is by its very nature highly intuitu personae in character. Consequently, the President of the Boards of Appeal cannot subdelegate these functions and powers without the agreement of the President of the Office.</i><br /><br />Intuitu Personaenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17699248916371179162017-08-24T14:10:31.582+01:002017-08-24T14:10:31.582+01:00 Only in the past 30 years the Ford production did...<i> Only in the past 30 years the Ford production did not decrease quality but instead tremendously increased it.</i><br /><br />Yet Ford cars are still not gold-plated, nor do they cost as much or take as long to build as a Roller.<br /><br />Still looking for a happy medium from the EPO.Car buyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-58607606929808872062017-08-24T10:58:49.930+01:002017-08-24T10:58:49.930+01:00Car buyer said...
Admittedly, you might not wa...<i>Car buyer said...<br /> Admittedly, you might not want a Trabbi from the USPTO, but shouldn't there be a happy medium?</i><br /><br />Are you stuck in a time-warp Car-buyer ?<br /><br />The EPO has overtaken the USPTO in terms of Trabbi production.<br /><br />Wake up and smell the coffee ...Frank N. Furternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65921367980540798732017-08-22T11:21:25.914+01:002017-08-22T11:21:25.914+01:00at Car buyer said...
fair point indeed. Only in ...at Car buyer said... <br /><br />fair point indeed. Only in the past 30 years the Ford production did not decrease quality but instead tremendously increased it.<br /><br />At the EPO the contrary occured. Come on face it, accept it and let us not whine about it but redress it. Nothing more nothing less.<br /><br />Producing stronger patents (or being able to produce them) is also a matter of professional pride for the examiners, thus allowed to do their work as they should and not to cut corners.<br /><br />Not sure you would currently like to step in in a Ford built by EPO staff given the way they are forced to work<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-57409035796770393542017-08-19T14:22:32.706+01:002017-08-19T14:22:32.706+01:00If Ford can make cars with acceptable quality for ...If Ford can make cars with acceptable quality for the driver, and safety for the public, does everyone need to pay the price for a gold-plated Rolls-Royce, and experience the delay while it is hand made?<br /><br />Admittedly, you might not want a Trabbi from the USPTO, but shouldn't there be a happy medium?<br />Car buyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-14887680462109905642017-08-18T17:39:12.641+01:002017-08-18T17:39:12.641+01:00SUEPO has been busy sloganeering about declining p...SUEPO has been busy sloganeering about declining patent quality since at least 2008 and Pompidou/Brimelow era.<br /><br />http://www.iam-media.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=f440a64b-b45f-4af8-b02f-431db4f17c90<br /><br />For the Recordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-16313267557561667102017-08-18T12:58:50.353+01:002017-08-18T12:58:50.353+01:00Reports of suspected arson attack against EPO Dire...Reports of suspected arson attack against EPO Director in Munich.<br /><br /><b>Brandanschlag gegen den Direktor des Patentamts?</b><br />http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.nachbarn-entdecken-feuer-brandanschlag-gegen-den-direktor-des-patentamts.7514c25f-8ce1-4113-9533-aad848611432.html<br /><br /><b>Nachbar hat Angst vor Brandstiftern</b><br />https://www.merkur.de/lokales/muenchen-lk/unterhaching-ort29619/nachbar-hat-angst-vor-brandstiftern-in-unterhaching-8599536.html<br /><br />Tobelhockernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-3009405043298606772017-08-16T20:17:06.010+01:002017-08-16T20:17:06.010+01:00correction to the post of "Anonymous said dat...<br />correction to the post of "Anonymous said dated Wednesday, 16 August 2017 at 17:23:00 BST" <br /><br />What you allege is partly not correct: SUEPO has denounced for years the risks that too high production pressure was meaning for patent quality, this to no avail. <br /><br />Most IP blogs have so far laughed and reported (eg IAM) that SUEPO were crying wolf, that there would be no proof of this etc etc. <br /><br />Now all of sudden the IP world (read German newspapers such as Wirstschaftswoche) discover that yes, it could be well possible that currently the EPO is producing patents of low quality since it is impossible to produce solid ones at the pace at which examiners are requested to produce.<br /><br />Please guys do not spit on SUEPO which did the job. And yes the EPO produces low quality patents. This is the elephant in the IP room.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-48405384383068035072017-08-16T17:23:31.642+01:002017-08-16T17:23:31.642+01:00The elite of very well paid and full of benefits p...The elite of very well paid and full of benefits public servants is discontent, but now interestingly they seem worried about "quality" of their job. If they do the job, they are fully responsible for such quality. SUEPO doesn't care about quality, it cares about the social and financial benefits of the workers, and that's legitimate. My question: who cares about the public interest in this "war"? Answer: as always, no-one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-81595075075752126132017-08-10T00:01:11.330+01:002017-08-10T00:01:11.330+01:00Yes, but avery interesting read anyway, because i...Yes, but avery interesting read anyway, because it IS the style of academic brain-fart that constitutional judges come up with.<br />The final verdict and the resulting realpolitik may be very different, but this will be a part of the German Constitutional judges considerations.<br /><br />Now, how they will explain it away to allow the continuation of a constitution Germany had wondefully and practically working in very fine for 40+ years will be another read....Brain-fartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-49589348227427308152017-08-08T18:14:05.529+01:002017-08-08T18:14:05.529+01:00It's interesting to see, how far the quality l...It's interesting to see, how far the quality level can fall.<br />There is even an "inventor" who got a prize, yet does not seem to be the real inventor (look at the SME section...). According to https://www.heise.de/tr/artikel/Erfinderpreis-fuer-den-Erfinder-aus-Zufall-3750059.html and https://www.heise.de/tr/artikel/Erfinder-aus-Zufall-3606163.html the inventor was Ernst Krendlinger (though a lot of the information in these articles does not quite fit to the published documents). And my former colleagues tell me, there is yet another person named for the German priority application (they did not want to tell me the name). Maybe someone interested could request "Akteneinsicht" to confirm this?<br /><br />It's disgusting to see low quality even on the pet projects of our beloved president...<br />Disgruntled examinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64987908528918593802017-08-07T21:08:29.413+01:002017-08-07T21:08:29.413+01:00A bombshell by Pr Bross has just been published on...<i> A bombshell by Pr Bross has just been published on GRUR Int. issue 8-9/2017 </i><br /><br />Or just another academic brain-fart that will have little or no impact on the world of Macchiastellian realpolitik ?<br /><br />Pietro Petomanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-8216810309566158072017-08-04T18:50:20.590+01:002017-08-04T18:50:20.590+01:00
about the EPO
A bombshell by Pr Bross has just b...<br />about the EPO<br /><br />A bombshell by Pr Bross has just been published on GRUR Int. issue 8-9/2017<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-2634674309032912092017-08-03T18:08:57.011+01:002017-08-03T18:08:57.011+01:00To Kuriosity Killed the Kat,
Some questions do no...To Kuriosity Killed the Kat,<br /><br />Some questions do not deserve a reply. Here is one of this kind.Cannot refrain a sniggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-58817222252276893032017-08-03T13:35:30.056+01:002017-08-03T13:35:30.056+01:00The last news of the ongoing reorganisation were p...The last news of the ongoing reorganisation were published yesterday. Directorates have been grouped and as a consequence less directors are necessary. As you may know, traditionally, directors are the ones reporting on the examiners and controlling the quality of their work. Some directors took that part of their job quite seriously, others mainly looked at the quantity of the production and did not mind when some corners were cut.<br /><br />Guess what? The directors who saw their posts disappear where just the ones known to defend the quality of the search and examination process. As on 1/1/18, they will all be out of a job.<br /><br />Another "coincidence", as Minnoye would have said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-15975477038471174342017-08-03T11:30:13.937+01:002017-08-03T11:30:13.937+01:00To Kuriosity Killed the Kat,
This information was...To Kuriosity Killed the Kat,<br /><br />This information was of primarily use for examiners. <br />As the case was in mechanics, it will be easy for an examiner in mechanics to gain knowledge of what happened.<br /><br />Being too curious can lead to being nosy, and that is not nice. <br /><br />Nothing more to say.Cannot refrain a sniggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53390148260094959982017-08-02T21:30:56.750+01:002017-08-02T21:30:56.750+01:00Inquire as to what happened to the examining divis...<i>Inquire as to what happened to the examining division which granted the building site wagon with a window to be used as hair dresser saloon.</i><br /><br />Why? What happened to them?Kuriosity Killed the Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-56682577545803704312017-08-02T21:25:07.149+01:002017-08-02T21:25:07.149+01:00Well, it is mostly the costs of the renting contra...Well, it is mostly the costs of the renting contract. Find a new tennant, and you can recover most of said money.<br />Pity the rent prices might drop a bit, due to London financial city also reducing the number of employees....Frank'n'Furternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-3186580403136828202017-08-02T20:06:27.496+01:002017-08-02T20:06:27.496+01:00http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brex...http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-news-european-medicines-agency-move-london-eu-cost-bill-520-million-nhs-europe-a7873226.html<br /><br />I wonder how much the UPC court will be...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-66945803763730184032017-08-02T17:55:19.383+01:002017-08-02T17:55:19.383+01:00Dear examiner in mechanics,
Why should the users ...Dear examiner in mechanics,<br /><br />Why should the users of system pay for a service which is not any longer delivered by the EPO? The fees are high enough, and it is ´clear that there are gripes about the falling quality.<br /><br />There is one way to draw the attention of the management, and it is for free: file a complaint. <br /><br />Be careful, in such a situation it is the examiner which will be the primary target. <br /><br />Do you really want this?<br /><br />Inquire as to what happened to the examining division which granted the building site wagon with a window to be used as hair dresser saloon. Cannot refrain a sniggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-51123926533010269642017-08-01T11:01:09.043+01:002017-08-01T11:01:09.043+01:00Europäisches Patentamt: Chef mit Sozialkompetenz g...<b>Europäisches Patentamt: Chef mit Sozialkompetenz gesucht</b><br /><br />The AC is reportedly looking for someone with "social competence" to lead the EPO ...<br /><br />http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.europaeisches-patentamt-chef-mit-sozialkompetenz-gesucht.87f9baaf-d2a5-436f-be20-5135df4bd334.htmlFreiherr von Kniggenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-31699189124182148192017-08-01T10:53:00.911+01:002017-08-01T10:53:00.911+01:00If an applicant still needs the same quality searc...<i>If an applicant still needs the same quality search and examination... or want to impose it on their competitors, they will need to pay more for doing an extra search themselves, pay extra representation, invest more time, etc...</i><br /><br />But at least Battistelli still gets to order the most expensive plonk in exclusive restaurants in Brussels ...<br />In Vino Veritasnoreply@blogger.com