PCT102
Patent Cooperation Treaty Prosecution Fundamentals
Course Description
PCT102 is a self-paced intermediate plan of study in PCT prosecution. Upon completion, students will have been taught substantial fundamentals in prosecuting PCT applications. Detailed procedural analysis, advanced research techniques; plus finding, assessing and troubleshooting filing errors and implementing their solutions will be covered.
PCT102MSP - $496.00
- PCT Prosecution Fundamentals Course
- Approximate Total Duration: 16 hours
PCT102MSX - $596.00
- PCT Prosecution Fundamentals Course + Final Exam
- Approximate Total Duration: 18 hours
Lesson 1: Priority Claims
• Overview & Course Objectives
• Priority
• The Right of Priority
• Priority Date
• Correcting and/or adding Priority Claims
• Restoration of the Right of Priority
Lesson 2: Rectification & Incorporation by Reference
• Request for Rectification of Obvious Mistakes
- Rules
- Publication
- Limitations
- Procedure
- National Phase Ramifications
• Incorporation by Reference
- Rules & Articles
- Time Limit & Requirements
Lesson 3: Supplemental International Search
• Supplementary International Search (Rule 45bis)
• Objectives of the SIS
• Benefits of the SIS
• Where and When the SIS Should Be Filed
• SIS Process
• SIS Requirements
• Scope of the Supplementary Search
• Supplementary International Search Authorities
• Supplementary International Search Report
• Refund of Fees
• SIS Procedure
Lesson 4: Third Party Observations, Licensing & Amendments
• Third Party Observations – Objectives
- System
- Section 800 of Part 8 of the Administrative Instructions
- Summary
- Procedures
- Filing
• Licensing
• Amendments
• Comparison between Articles 19 v. 32(4)(b) Amendments
• Procedures – Making Amendments & Replacement Sheets
• International Preliminary Report on Patentability
Lesson 5:Withdrawals & Procedural Safeguards
• Withdrawing the Application
• Withdrawal to Prevent Publication
• Withdrawal of Designations
• Withdrawal of Priority Claims
• Withdrawal of Supplementary Search Request
• Effects of Withdrawal
• Withdrawal Procedures
• Procedural Safeguards
Lesson 6: Biological Material & Sequence Listings
• Biological Material
- Rules 13bis; 48.2(a)(viii)
- Overview
- When to include the information
- Reference to Material Deposits by Third Parties
• Sequence Listing
- Rules 5.2, 13ter and 49.5(a-bis)
- Section 208 & Annex C of the Administrative Instructions
- Overview
- International Search Authority Copy
- Filing Sequence Listings with the Application
- Procedure for non-compliance with the Standard
- PatentIn Software
• PCT-SAFE
Lesson 7: Miscellaneous & National Phase
• PCT Mailing Requirements (electronic & physical)
• Correspondence
• Confidentiality of International Applications
• Licensing Indications
• National Phase Applications
- What is it?
- Due Dates
- Amendments
- Requirements
- PCT/IB/308 – Second Notice
- AIA Considerations
- Receipt
• Bypass Application vs. National Phase Application
Lesson 8: PCT Changes & The Future + Course Review
• General Information
• Trivia
• Recent Developments
• Future Developments
• Course Review
• PCT & WIPO Resources
