CLAIM AMENDMENT UNDER ARTICLE 19 – PCT PATENT APPLICATION

Claim amendment under Article-19

Patents are territorial, which means that to enforce the patent it must be filed in a specific jurisdiction (country) specifically. A patent application filed in India therefore must be filed in each country individually. The individual patents can be filed directly via convention route or indirectly via PCT route.

Once a PCT application is filed with WIPO it is known as … Read More

POST-DATING PATENT APPLICATIONS: A BLIND DATE

Post-dating patent applications : IPO, USPTO,  EPO, PCT
Post-dating of patent applications and its implications | VIDEAIM IP
Post-dating patent applications : IPO, USPTO, EPO, PCT

This article concentrate on latest updates on Post-dating patent applications and its implication in Indian Patent Law along with USPTO, EPO and PCT jurisdiction.

What is Post-dating patent application?

A patent when first filed is known as the ordinary application and the filing date is known as the priority date. Now if an applicant wants to shift … Read More

PCT FILING – CORRECTING PRIORITY DATE ERRORS

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

What is Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)?

The PCT is an international treaty with more than 155 Contracting States, which provides the applicants to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in many countries by filing a single “international” patent application instead of filing several separate national or regional patent applications.

The granting of patents remains under the control of the national or regional patent Offices. … Read More