Questions tagged [pct]
Questions related to The Patent Cooperation Treaty based applications.
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Questions about derivative process and abusive disclosure
So I recently filed a provisional application for an IP that is a process attached with extreme significance in bioinformatics - a data analysis process that can be used to make a health service 1/...
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PCT with US RO --- how to file the IDS?
Last month I filed a PCT application with the US as the receiving office, using EFS-web. I uploaded everything (I think) correctly and paid my microentity fees. I want to now file an information ...
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Estoppel from international phase amendments
In a PCT filing, is there any estoppel effect of arguments presented during the international phase (under art 19 or art 34) on national phase filings?
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Lost a digital copy of patent specification
I filed the National phase application on 29th Oct 2014 and PCT application on 14th Oct 2015.
I lost a flash drive which contained the soft-copy of patent specification (everything related to the ...
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What is the status of this patent?
How can I figure out if PCT/AU2012/001589 is granted or not?
There is a prior art case with US 2,223,561 A patented in 1939, but I don't know how to track that case.
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How to Understand CNIPA's National Interest Rules
Last month my patent was fully granted in Japan. I have only a short while longer until my PCT 30 month period expires. China is interesting to me especially for Hong Kong.
I watched a video on ...
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Is it possible to amend the description of a PCT to include content from a priority application?
Is it possible to amend the description of a PCT to include content from a priority application? My drafter missed important content from my priority documents to include it in my PCT. Is there any ...
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How can I improve a PCT?
I have applied for a national patent and then I applied for a PCT claiming priority over the national patent and then I applied for a second national patent with improved content over the PCT just few ...
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Can an Appendix to an insurance policy be patented as a novel invention?
Can an Appendix to an insurance policy be patented as a novel invention? I have filed a PCT application that came back with the search report indicating that every claim considered Novel, Inventive ...
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the application in US through the PCT
We are filing the national stage application in US through the PCT.
We have prepared the documents
/Specification(in English)
/Claims
/Abstract
/Drawings
/ApplicationDataSheet
/PrimaryAmendment
/IDS
/...
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Patent overseas
I am filing a patent overseas in China. My U.S. Attorney need me to sign a power of attonery to the attonerys in China. The language in the contract states: pursuant of the relevant provisions of the ...
