International (PCT) applications and design patents
An international application must be an application for the protection of an invention. The PCT encompasses the filing of applications for patents for inventions, inventors’ certificates, utility...
View ArticleIndustrial Designs and Design Registrations
Internationally, an industrial design is the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. The design may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of...
View ArticleCountry Codes Used in International Applications
A list of two-letter codes accepted for use in indicating States, other entities, and intergovernmental organizations in documents relating to international applications under the PCT. The list is part...
View ArticlePublic Disclosure: How to ruin your European patent
There are four basic requirements for patentability under the European Patent Convention (EPC): 1) there must be an “invention”; 2) the invention must be “susceptible of industrial application”; 3) the...
View ArticlePatent Cooperation Treaty Links
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international agreement for filing patent applications having effect in many countries around the world. Although the PCT system does not provide for the grant...
View ArticleSubstitute Drawing under PCT Rule 26
For substitute drawings and other corrections see PCT Rule 26.4: A correction of the request offered to the receiving Office may be stated in a letter addressed to that Office if the correction is of...
View ArticleDivisional Applications, Europe, and the Paris Convention
EPC Rule 36: (1) The applicant may file a divisional application relating to any pending earlier European patent application. (2) A divisional application shall be in the language of the proceedings...
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