The New Year will bring us two new options for accelerating progress of patent applications in a variety of countries. …
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What is a Chapter II Demand?
After you receive your International Search Report and Written Opinion, the next step in the PCT process is to consider …
Choosing the International Search Authority (ISA)
For a PCT application, the patent office that performs the search on the invention is called the International Search Authority …
The PCT-PPH program
There is a new opportunity being afforded PCT applications (on a beta test or pilot basis) that receive positive results …
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Explained
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a program available to some patent applications that have entered the national stage. In …
Strategies for potential PPH participation
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a treaty program of participating national patent offices. The PPH program allows an inventor …