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Formal Requirements of the European Patent System Training Course
A two-day seminar for administrative staff in the patent profession on how to competently prepare an application for filing before the EPO.
*INCLUDES: Practical and interactive exercises*
Details
Course overview
This practical and interactive course will help administrative staff in the competent preparation of an application for filing before the EPO. The programme will deepen your understanding of this highly complex area by providing information on all the key administrative aspects including the documentation required on filing, the procedural steps to be followed, and details of time limits and fee payments.
These intensive and highly valuable two days will enhance your knowledge of the formalities procedures at the EPO and enable you to be more efficient in your role. The course will also offer the opportunity to network with like-minded professionals from other companies and question our expert trainers on the procedures.
Key topics to be covered:
- Introduction to the European patent system
- The European patent application
- Electronic filing
- Procedure before the receiving section and search divisions
- Time limits, fees
- Loss of rights, transfer of rights
- Examination procedure
- Post-grant proceedings
- Overview of PCT
- Regional entry before the European Patent Office (EPO)
Why you should attend
By attending this seminar, you will:
- Master the art of competently preparing an application for filing before the EPO
- Receive guidance and insights on all the latest administrative aspects
- Learn which documents are required on filing
- Understand the procedural steps involved and how to complete them successfully
- Get to grips with time limits and how they can affect your application
- Review all aspects of fee payments
Who should attend?
- Patent administrators and patent formalities staff
- Office managers in industrial patent departments
- Patent administrators in private practice
- Those needing a good understanding of the formal requirements of the European patent system
Programme
Introduction to the European patent system
- History and development
- Organisation of the EPO
- Departmental responsibilities
The European patent application
- Documents needed on filing
- Accordance of a date of filing
- Formalities examination
- Missing parts of the description and missing drawings
- Case management
Practical excercise: Divisional application
Procedure before the receiving section and search divisions
- Search report and search opinion
- Response to the search opinion
- Publication of the application
Fees
- Modes of payment
- Reductions
- Refunds
Practical exercise: Fee payment
Time limits – notification
- Calculation
- Extensions
- Notification
Loss of rights – remedies
- Further processing
- Re-establishment of rights
- Transfer of rights
Practical exercise: Time limits
Substantive examination – examining division
- Formal procedures up to grant of the European patent
- Refusal of the application
- Withdrawal of the application
- Deemed to be withdrawn
- Accelerated examination
Post-grant proceedings
- Opposition
- Limitation
- Appeal
Overview of PCT
- Overview of the international phase
- Entry in the regional phase
Regional entry before the EPO as designated office
- EPO Form 1200
- Payment of fees
- Supplementary European search
- Substantive examination
Presenter
Richard Gillespie (More...)
Richard Gillespie, European and Irish Patent Attorney and owner of Inventorship, an intellectual property advice and services company, has over fifteen years’ experience in diverse technical fields (such as medical devices, computers, electronics, and telecoms) from his work at top tier patent practices in Dublin and London. He organises CEIPI tutorials for preparing Irish trainees to become European Patent Attorneys. He also tutors on European and Irish law relating to inventive step.
Richard is a qualified European and Irish patent attorney and a qualified design representative before the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). He holds a degree in computer and electronic engineering from Trinity College Dublin. While there he completed a research master’s degree on the power consumption of CMOS binary multipliers, kayaked and played the guitar. During this time, he enjoyed teaching undergraduate laboratory courses in telecommunications.
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14-15 Jun 2022 Live webinar 09:30-17:00 UK (London) |
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14-15 Jun 2022 Live webinar 09:30-17:00 UK (London) |
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