PCT101
Patent Cooperation Treaty Forms & Filing Fundamentals
Course Description
PCT101 is a self-paced foundational course on PCT patent forms and filing. Upon successful completion, students will have been taught substantial fundamentals in filing PCT patent applications. Provided is a review of what international patents are, a robust introduction to PCT patent forms, detailed walkthroughs of online filing procedures, as well as hands-on exposure to PCT rules, formalities and processes.
PCT101MSP - $496.00
- PCT Forms & Filing Fundamentals Course
- Approximate Total Duration: 16 hours
PCT101MSX - $596.00
- PCT Forms & Filing Fundamentals Course + Final Exam
- Approximate Total Duration: 18 hours
Lesson 1: PCT Defined
• Overview & Course Objectives
• What is the PCT?
- Member States
- PCT, Paris Convention & World Trade Organization Member States
• Traditional vs. PCT
• PCT Timeline
• PCT Definitions
• PCT References
- Mailing Lists
Lesson 2: Patent Forms
• General
• Application
- Application format
- Claim format & structure
- Drawing, Formulae & Table format
- Sequence Listing
• Bibliographic Information
- Applicant/Inventor
- Agent
- Drawing for Publication
• Choosing the Correct RO & ISA
Lesson 3: PCT Filing
• Priority & Priority Period
• Filing choice
- Filing in paper
- Filing electronically
• PCT Filing Forms
- Transmittal Letter
· To Use or Not to Use – that is the question
• PCT-SAFE
- Setting up PCT-SAFE
Lesson 4: Preparing a PCT Request using PCT-SAFE
• PCT Safe Template
• Request Tab
• States Tab
• Names Tab
• Priority Tab
• Biology Tab
• Declarations Tab
• Contents Tab
- Filing choice (Paper / EFS web)
• Fees Tab
• Payment Tab
• Annotate Tab & Filing
Lesson 5: Filing, Filing Receipts, Defects, IB Prosecution & Changes
• Review of PCT Priority Claims
• PCT Filing
• PCT Filing & Fee Receipts & Ancillary Documents
• Invitation to Correct Defects:
- In the Application
- In the Priority Claim
- In Declarations
- Responses to Invitations
• USRO vs. IB - Who Does What?
• Accessing files via ePCT
• Rule 92bis (Recording of Changes by the International Bureau)
Lesson 6: ISR, Article 19 Amendment & Publication
• International Searching Authority
• Unity of Invention
- Invitation to Pay Fees
• International Search Report
• Written Opinion
• Article 19 Amendment
• Publication
Lesson 7: Post ISR Prosecution
• PCT Timeline Overview
• Chapter II Demand
• Demand & Fee Receipts & Demand Not Accepted
• Defects in the Demand
• Invitation to Correct Defects in the Demand
• Article 34(2)(b) Amendment
• International Preliminary Report on Patentability
- Examination Report - Chapter I
- Examination Report - Chapter II
Lesson 8: PCT Forms & National Phase Entry
• PCT Prosecution Forms Overview
- PCT/RO/1xx
- PCT/ISA/2xx
- PCT/IB/3xx
- PCT/IPEA/4xx
• National Phase – General Overview
- Considerations
- Due Dates
• U.S. National Phase
- Requirements
- Transmittal Letter
- Acceptance of the Application
