tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6936269598393736313..comments2024-03-28T13:45:42.289+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Friday fantasiesVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-33156844459620258392014-01-30T12:29:42.693+00:002014-01-30T12:29:42.693+00:00It's also my Mum's birthday. She must be v...It's also my Mum's birthday. She must be very proud that I can celebrate the source of both me and my income in such an efficient manner...Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-43904279455528684842014-01-11T14:06:58.685+00:002014-01-11T14:06:58.685+00:00Applicants at the EPO can do a PACE request to get...Applicants at the EPO can do a PACE request to get accelerated processing. The PPH adds nothing to do that except for a lot of paperwork for everybody and perhaps the utter delusion on the side of the applicant that having a claim granted in the US is accepted as an argument to get that same claim granted by the EPO.<br /><br />Btw, PACE requests are possible at any stage in the procedure, whereas PPH is only possible if no first communication has yet been issued and the claims are amended to those that were granted by another office. That will usually mean the applicant has to file a divisional at great cost for no practical benefit.<br /><br />Politically these schemes are important, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-4270791840190109342014-01-10T10:09:44.761+00:002014-01-10T10:09:44.761+00:00"... the full list of participating offices i...<i>"... the full list of participating offices includes IP Australia (IP Australia), Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO), National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR), Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO), Icelandic Patent Office (IPO), Israel Patent Office (ILPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO), Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Nordic Patent Institute (NPI), Norwegian Industrial Property Office (NIPO), Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT), Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO), Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)"</i><br /><br />And conspicuously absent from that list, which comprises a great many European NPOs, is the European Patent Office (EPO)...<br /><br />Now, I'm quite aware of the general dislike of frontline patent examiners, not just at the EPO, for these PPH schemes. I also notice the absence of the half-ton gorilla among European NPOs, the German DPMA. Is the readiness of other European NPOs, mostly comparative minnows, to join this scheme independently really reasonable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com