PCT NEWSLETTER 2010 Annual Index Subject Index Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page Accessions to Budapest Treaty, see Budapest Treaty and Index of Countries and Offices to European Patent Convention, see European Patent Convention and Index of Countries and Offices Administrative Instructions under the PCT consolidated (1 January 2010) in English and French... 01/5 in Spanish... 02/12 consolidated version (1 July 2010) in English and French...07-08/2 Address for correspondence payment of fees by a person considered address for correspondence... 11/6 Agents and attorneys information about the situation where the agent is considered as an address for correspondence... 11/6 Amendments basis for the amendment of the international application how to indicate this when filing an amendment under PCT Article 19 or 34... 09/12 under PCT Article 19 after publication of the international application... 06/8 frequently asked questions... 10/7 language requirements... 06/8 under PCT Article 34 frequently asked questions... 10/7 Annual index, PCT Newsletter (2009), see Indexes Applicants top applicants in 2009... 02/1 Applicant s Guide, PCT, see PCT Applicant s Guide Appointment of agent, see Agents and attorneys Biological material, see Budapest Treaty Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure accessions LU Luxembourg... 06/8 changes regarding institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made, see Index of Countries and Offices Chapter II, see International preliminary examination Closing dates of IP Offices announcement concerning the future publication of closing dates in 2011... 12/6 Common application format general information... 02/2 information available in German... 07-08/13 Contracting States, see also Index of Countries and Offices map, list and two-letter codes (in English)..All/last page Declarations importance of maintaining the standardized wording of declarations under PCT Rule 4.17... 10/11 Demand form (PCT/IPEA/401) filled-in demand form (July 2010) in English, French, German and Spanish... 09/6 modified with effect from 1 July 2010... 07-08/2 Russian version (July 2010)... 10/7 Distance learning course on the PCT available in all ten publication languages... 06/3 Drawings article in WIPO Magazine entitled Better Drawings Make a Better Patent... 05/7 Electronic filing and processing of international applications Japan Patent Office: modifications to electronic filing requirements... 03/3 receiving Offices prepared to receive and process international applications in electronic form IS Iceland... 02/3 reminder about the filing of sequence listings in electronic form... 12/5 E-mail change of name of e-mail updating service... 12/1 important information about requesting that PCT notifications be sent to the applicant by e-mail... 04/1 note about new check box in request form relating to sending of notifications by e-mail exclusively... 01/6 PCT Applicant s Guide e-mail updating service: possible technical problems for new subscribers... 12/1 recording of an e-mail address for PCT notifications issued by the International Bureau in respect of multiple international applications... 07-08/15 Enquiries making enquiries at the International Bureau about the filing of international applications... 03/10 European Patent Convention (EPC) amendments to the implementing regulations to the EPC... 04/8 new member States AL Albania... 03/2 RS Serbia... 09/1 1
Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page European patents extensions, see Extension of European patents Examination, see also International preliminary examination accelerated examination in the United Kingdom national phase... 06/1 Extension of European Patents effect on extension agreement of Albania s accession to the European Patent Convention... 03/2 effect on extension agreement of Serbia s accession to the European Patent Convention... 09/1 to Montenegro... 02/4 Fees Directives of the PCT Assembly relating to the establishment of new equivalent amounts of certain fees modified on 1 July 2010... 05/2 availability of the modified text... 07-08/12 fee tables... All information in Portuguese and Spanish relating to modes of payment of fees... 03/9 new amounts of international filing fee, search fee, supplementary search fee and handling fee in certain currencies... 11/1 new equivalent amounts of PCT fees in Euro...07-08/5 new equivalent amounts of PCT fees in US dollars...07-08/5 " " " " " " "... 09/2 payment of fees by an agent who is not entitled to represent the applicant in respect of an international application... 11/6 payment of fees during the international phase: additional resources in German and Japanese... 09/7 reductions information on fee reductions accorded by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office... 01/10 updated tables concerning reductions accorded by European Patent Office and Spanish Patent and Trademark Office... 07-08/12 secure online PCT E-payment system for certain PCT fees... 06/3 further information...07-08/4 reminder that credit card payments may only be effected via the PCT E-Payment Service... 11/1 warning about requests for payment of fees... 01/1 " " " " " " "... 03/9 " " " " " " "... 02/12 " " " " " " "... 09/10 " " " " " " "... 10/7 " " " " " " "... 11/5 billing scam stopped by Florida Attorney General... 01/1 Forms, see PCT forms Indexes PCT Newsletter Annual Index (2009)... 03/7 Intellectual Property (IP) case studies launching of the IP Advantage database of IP experiences of inventors, creators, entrepreneurs and researchers... 10/10 Intellectual Property (IP) laws and treaties launching of the WIPO Lex database of national IP laws and treaties... 10/9 International Patent Classification (IPC) launching of the IPC Green Inventory... 10/9 International preliminary examination factors to be considered when deciding whether or not to file a demand for international preliminary examination... 04/8, 05/8 International Preliminary Examining Authorities, see also Index of Countries and Offices Agreements between IPEAs and International Bureau of WIPO (in chronological order) updated for IPEAs: CN, ES, FI, KR, US... 01/9 updated for IPEAs: EP, ES, FI, JP... 04/6 updated for IPEA/EP... 05/6, 06/8 updated for IPEAs: AU, JP, US... 07-08/13 updated for IPEAs: AT, AU, CA, CN, ES, FI, KR, SE, US, XN... 09/8 updated for IPEA/KR... 11/5 quality reports... 03/8 International publication changes to publication schedule publication of 15 April 2010... 02/5 publications of 13 and 27 May 2010... 03/3 publications of 9 and 23 September 2010... 07-08/10 publication of 29 December 2010... 10/5 completion of technical preparations for international publication during end-ofyear holiday period... 10/5 International Searching Authorities, see also Index of Countries and Offices Agreements between ISAs and International Bureau of WIPO (in chronological order) updated for ISAs: CN, ES, FI, KR, US... 01/9 updated for ISAs: EP, ES, FI, JP... 04/6 updated for ISA/EP... 05/6, 06/8 updated for ISAs: AU, JP, US... 07-08/13 updated for ISAs: AT, AU, CA, CN, ES, FI, KR, SE, US, XN... 09/8 updated for ISA/KR... 11/5 quality reports... 03/8 Language machine translation of description and claims of patent documents within PATENTSCOPE... 09/9 multilingual searches (Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval (CLIR))... 05/7 Meetings Assembly of PCT Union Archives of PCT Assembly documents... 07-08/12 PCT Assembly Report (September 2010)... 11/5 summary of meeting held in September 2010... 10/3 PCT Working Group (June 2010)... 07-08/1 2
Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page Microorganisms, see Budapest Treaty National patent collections, see PATENTSCOPE search service National phase time limits for entry into national phase updated February 2010... 03/8 updated July 2010...07-08/13 Newsletter, PCT, see PCT Newsletter Non-working days International Bureau end-of-year holiday period... 10/5 end-of-year holiday period (corrigendum)... 12/1 Notifications of incompatibility, see PCT Regulations Official Notices (PCT Gazette) changes to publication schedule publication of 13 May 2010... 03/3 publication of 9 September 2010... 07-08/10 publication of 29 December 2010... 10/5 Patent Cooperation Treaty electronic version German: fully hyperlinked HTML version... 11/5 Italian... 01/9 paper version of Patent Cooperation Treaty and Regulations Arabic (July 2010)... 12/6 English and French (July 2010)... 07-08/14 German (July 2010)... 10/8 Italian (July 2009)... 04/6 Italian, Portuguese and Spanish (July 2010)... 09/11 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), see PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway PATENTSCOPE search service full-text search in Chinese and English for international applications filed in XML format with the State Intellectual Property Office of the People s Republic of China as receiving Office... 09/9 full text search of Japanese international applications filed on paper in Japanese... 03/9 machine translation of description and claims of patent documents within PATENTSCOPE... 09/9 multilingual searches (Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval (CLIR))... 05/7 National and PCT collections: interface available in Japanese... 12/5 national patent collections inclusion of national patent collection of Argentina... 09/10 on-line tool to facilitate green technology patent searches ( IPC Green Inventory )... 10/9 PCT Administrative Instructions, see Administrative Instructions under the PCT PCT Applicant s Guide improved navigation on web page... 05/6 new numbering system in 2010 edition... 01/11 table of paragraph concordances for updating references... 05/6 PDF version of International Phase and National Phase... 01/10 updated version in English and French... 10/6 updated to include information on the Priority Document Access Service (DAS)... 12/7 PCT Contracting States, see Contracting States PCT forms, see also Demand form and Request form modified with effect from 1 July 2010... 07-08/2 PCT/IPEA/408 and 409 in German... 07-08/12 Portuguese request form (January 2010) and demand form (July 2010) available in editable PDF format... 12/7 recto verso printing of... 02/5 saving PCT forms in editable PDF format... 04/4 Spanish receiving Office, International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority Forms updated (July 2010)... 12/7 PCT Glossary in Portuguese... 07-08/13 in Spanish... 06/7 PCT Information Service end-of-year closing dates... 10/5 PCT Meetings, see Meetings PCT News Articles on the PCT published in the WIPO Magazine Anyone for Coffee? The Story Behind the Coffee Capsule... 10/6 Better Drawings Make a Better Patent... 05/7 Economic Downturn Hits WIPO Registration and Filing Services... 05/7 Goal-line Technology Getting it Right... 10/6 Innovation Promotion in Brazil... 10/6 Milestones in Solar Aviation ( Solar Impulse and Zephyr )... 10/6 Water from Air A Life-changing Innovation... 10/6 The International Patent System PCT Yearly Review: Developments and Performance in 2009... 06/4 PCT Newsletter annual index 2009... 03/7 combined July-August issue... 07-08/1 electronic mailing list... 12/1 PCT Online Document Upload Service entry into full production mode for submission of certain documents... 01/2 expansion of the service... 07-08/4 PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway (PCT-PPH) expansion of PPH Agreement between United States Patent and Trademark Office and Korean Intellectual Property Office to include PCT products... 05/2 starting date of the pilot... 06/2 information available in German... 07-08/13 invitation to PCT users to submit their PCT-PPH experiences... 10/2 PCT-PPH agreements signed between the patent Offices of AT and FI, AT and US, JP and FI, RU and US, ES and JP and ES and US... 10/1 3
Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page trilateral PCT-PPH with European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office... 02/2 updating of PCT-PPH page of PCT Resources page to include links to PCT-PPH request forms and additional information on bilateral agreements... 11/4 PCT Receiving Office Guidelines in French (July 2009 version)... 05/6 in Russian (July 2009 version)... 04/5 in Spanish (July 2009 version)... 02/12 PCT Regulations, see also Patent Cooperation Treaty and Regulations under the PCT amendments (July 2009) consolidated text in Arabic and Spanish... 03/8 consolidated text in Italian... 04/6 amendments (July 2010)... 05/1 consolidated text in Arabic and Chinese... 10/7 consolidated text in English and French... 06/7 consolidated text in German... 09/7 consolidated text in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish... 07-08/11 PowerPoint presentation in English, French, German and Spanish... 06/7 amendments (July 2011) adoption of amendments at the meeting of the PCT Assembly in September 2010... 10/3 withdrawal of notifications of incompatibility of certain modified PCT Rules with national laws GB United Kingdom (PCT Rule 49.6 (reinstatement of rights after failure to perform the acts referred to in PCT Article 22))... 03/3 ES Spain (PCT Rule 20.8(a) and (b) (incorporation by reference of missing parts or elements))... 09/1 PCT reservations, declarations, notifications and incompatibilities updated table (February 2010)... 03/8 updated table (September 2010)... 09/1 PCT-SAFE clarification regarding requests to retrieve documents via DAS... 05/2 information for certain applicants using the Australian Patent Office as International Searching Authority... 09/10 notifications of acceptance of requests in PCT-EASY format by receiving Offices TH Thailand... 01/8 release of new version of PCT-SAFE client software or update patch (in chronological order) January 2010... 01/11 April 2010... 04/4 July 2010...07-08/11 October 2010... 10/9 PCT seminars and webinars calendars... All seminar materials updated in English, French, German, Spanish (July 2010)... 09/7 updated in Russian (July 2010)... 10/7 PCT statistics, see Statistics, PCT PCT webinars new series of PCT update webinars... 02/11 new recordings in Arabic, English, Japanese and Russian... 03/9 updated with webinar recordings in all ten PCT publication languages... 04/6 Power of attorney, see also Agents and attorneys modification of text of waiver by European Patent Office... 04/7 Practical advice... All issues Priority claim restoration of right of priority adding a priority claim which extends the period between the earliest priority date and the international filing date to over 12 months... 02/13 updated table... 01/10 Priority document extent to which the choice of receiving Office affects the options available for meeting the requirement to furnish copies of priority documents... 12/7 Priority Document Access Service (DAS) choosing between DAS and a conventional certified copy... 12/8 new possibility to request the International Bureau to retrieve priority documents through DAS... 01/3 using DAS to meet PCT priority document requirements... 03/1 Protection, types of table of types of protection available in PCT Contracting States updated February 2010... 03/8 Publication, international, see International publication Ratifications, see Accessions Regional patents updated table of PCT Contracting States for which a regional patent can be obtained March 2010... 04/5 October 2010... 09/8 Representation, see Agents and attorneys Request form (PCT/RO/101) modifications effective 1 January 2010 blank form in Arabic and Korean... 04/5 blank form in Chinese... 03/7 blank form in English and French... 01/6 blank form in German and Spanish... 02/12 blank form in Russian... 05/6 filled-in form in English, French, German and Spanish... 04/5 Restoration of right of priority, see priority claim Right to practice, see Agents and attorneys Seminar calendar, see PCT seminars Sequence listings, nucleotide and/or amino acid reminder about the filing of sequence listings in electronic form... 12/5 4
Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page Statistics, PCT fields of technology in which the highest numbers of PCT applications were published in 2009... 02/2 most frequent PCT users in 2009... 02/1 PCT filings in 2009... 02/1 The International Patent System in 2009 PCT Yearly Review: Developments and Performance in 2009 in English... 06/4 in French and Spanish... 10/10 World Intellectual Property Indicators 2010... 10/11 Supplementary international search (SIS) Austrian Patent Office to offer SIS...07-08/1 European Patent Office to offer SIS... 04/1 Technical preparations for international publication, see International publication Technology, fields of fields of technology in which the highest numbers of PCT applications were published in 2009... 02/2 Time limits entry into national phase updated February 2010... 03/8 updated July 2010... 07-08/13 expiration of a time limit where an Office is situated in more than one locality... 01/11 PCT Time Limit Calculator available in French, German, Russian and Spanish... 12/6 available in Japanese and Korean... 11/4 Translation machine translation of description and claims of patent documents within PATENTSCOPE... 09/9 multilingual searches (Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval (CLIR))... 05/7 Webinars, see PCT webinars WIPO GOLD launching of... 07-08/14 World Intellectual Property Organization, see also International Bureau new WIPO logo... 05/1 staff matters new WIPO Deputy Director General for Patents... 01/1 tribute to Mr. Daniel Bouchez... 10/1 5
Index of Countries and Offices Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page AG Antigua and Barbuda competent International Authorities... 05/3 AL Albania accession to the European Patent Convention... 03/2 effect on extension agreement... 03/2 e-mail and Internet addresses... 12/2 fees... 12/2 name of Office... 12/2 AM Armenia AP African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) Liberia becomes a Contracting State... 02/3 AT Austria Austrian Patent Office to offer supplementary international search... 07-08/1 fees... 01/8 "...02/9,10 "... 05/3,5 "... 06/6 "... 07-08/5,9 "... 09/5,6 "... 11/1,2 PCT-EASY physical media... 12/2 PCT-PPH agreements signed with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland and the United States Patent and Trademark Office... 10/1 AU Australia fees... 01/8 "... 03/6 "... 04/3 "... 05/5 "... 06/6 "... 07-08/9 "... 09/2,5 "... 11/1,2 institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made... 03/4 PCT-EASY physical media... 09/2 AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BE Belgium 6 BH Bahrain BR Brazil fees...02/11 "...04/3 "...06/6 "...07-08/9 "...11/2 BW Botswana BY Belarus BZ Belize CA Canada fees...03/6 "...04/3 "...05/5 "...07-08/9,10 CL Chile competent International Authorities...11/2 fax number...12/2 CN China fees...07-08/9 "...11/2 institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made...02/6 CO Colombia dates on which Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia) was exceptionally not open for business...04/2 CR Costa Rica criteria applicable for requests for restoration of the right of priority...06/5 fees...02/6 "...07-08/5 "...10/3 Internet address...06/5
Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page time when name and address of inventor must be given... 06/5 CU Cuba CY Cyprus CZ Czech Republic DE Germany e-mail address... 09/2 PCT-EASY physical media... 09/2 provisions concerning provisional protection after international publication... 09/2 requirements concerning the making of deposits of microorganisms and other biological material... 09/3 DK Denmark fees... 07-08/6 required contents of the translation... 07-08/6 time limit for entry into the national phase... 07-08/6 DO Dominican Republic criteria applicable for requests for restoration of the right of priority... 06/5 requirements for entry into the national phase... 09/3 telephone number... 06/5 time when name and address of inventor must be given... 06/5 types of protection... 06/5 EA Eurasian Patent Office EC Ecuador EE Estonia fees... 12/2 EG Egypt extension of time limit for entry into national phase... 02/7 EP European Patent Office (EPO) EPO to offer supplementary international search... 04/1 7 information concerning the Office in its capacity as Supplementary International Searching Authority...06/6 extension of European Patents to Montenegro...02/4 fees...02/7,9,10 "...03/6 "...05/6 "...07-08/5,9 "...09/5 "...11/1,2,4 requirements concerning deposits of microorganisms and other biological material...03/4 " " " " " " "...07-08/6 " " " " " " "...11/2 special requirements for entry into the national phase...05/3 ES Spain electronic filing: requirements and practices...11/3 fees...03/6 "...07-08/5,9 "...12/4 fee reductions accorded by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office...01/10 PCT-PPH agreements signed with the Japan Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office...10/1 withdrawal of notification of incompatibility of PCT Rule 20.8(a) and (b) (incorporation by reference of missing parts or elements)...09/1 FI Finland fees...03/4,6,7 "...07-08/5,9 "...09/5 "...11/1,2,4 information on Office in its capacity as SISA...01/10 institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made...09/3 PCT-PPH agreements signed with the Austrian Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office...10/1 FR France GB United Kingdom accelerated examination in the United Kingdom national phase...06/1 e-mail address...09/4 fees...02/8 "...03/5 "...05/3 requirements concerning agent...05/3
Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page requirements concerning the making of deposits of microorganisms and other biological material... 05/3 telephone number... 09/4 " " " "... 11/3 withdrawal of notification of incompatibility of PCT Rule 49.6 (reinstatement of rights after failure to perform the acts referred to in PCT Article 22) and criterion applicable in respect of such requests for reinstatement... 03/3 GE Georgia GH Ghana GR Greece GT Guatemala competent International Authorities... 12/3 requirements for entry into the national phase... 07-08/6 restoration of the right of priority: criteria applicable and fees payable... 06/6 telephone number... 06/6 HN Honduras fees... 11/1 general information... 07-08/7 special provisions concerning the deposit of microorganisms and other biological material... 10/4 IB International Bureau as receiving Office fees... 07-08/5,7 "... 09/2 "... 10/4 "... 11/1 "... 12/3 information in German about filing with the IB as receiving Office... 09/7 information in Portuguese and Spanish about filing with the IB as receiving Office... 03/9 making enquiries at the International Bureau about the filing of international applications... 03/10 non-working days during the end-of-year holiday period... 10/5 non-working days during the end-of-year holiday period (corrigendum)... 12/1 IE Ireland 8 IL IN IS IT Israel fees...07-08/5,7 India Iceland begins receiving and processing international applications in electronic form...02/3 fees...03/5 "...07-08/7 PCT-EASY physical media...05/5 restoration of the right of priority: criterion applicable and fee payable...05/5 special agreement concerning search and examination on Icelandic patent applications...05/5 Italy JP Japan fees...03/6 "...06/6 "...07-08/8,9 modifications to electronic filing requirements of the Japan Patent Office...03/3 PCT-PPH agreements signed with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office...10/1 KE Kenya KG Kyrgyzstan KR Republic of Korea expansion of PPH Agreement between United States Patent and Trademark Office and Korean Intellectual Property Office to include PCT products...05/2 starting date of the pilot...06/2 fees...03/5 "...04/3 "...06/6,7 "...07-08/8 PCT-EASY physical media...09/4 special requirements for entry into the national phase...07-08/8 KZ Kazakhstan e-mail and Internet address...12/3
Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page location and mailing address... 12/3 name of Office... 12/3 telephone and fax numbers... 12/3 LR Liberia becomes Contracting State of ARIPO... 02/3 LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg accession to the Budapest Treaty... 06/8 LV Latvia MC Monaco MD Republic of Moldova means of telecommunication... 01/7 provisional protection... 01/7 time when name and address of inventor must be given... 01/7 types of protection... 01/7 ME Montenegro extension of European patents to Montenegro... 02/4 MT Malta MW Malawi fees... 11/1 MX Mexico fees... 07-08/8 MY Malaysia location and mailing address... 12/4 telephone and fax numbers... 12/4 NA Namibia mailing address... 10/4 NI Nicaragua requirements for entry into the national phase... 07-08/9 NL Netherlands NO Norway fees... 11/1 NZ New Zealand fees... 11/1 9 OM Oman competent International Authorities...06/6 PE Peru PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines fees...02/9 "...07-08/5 PT Portugal criteria applicable and fees payable for requests for restoration of the right of priority...01/7 discontinuance of use of teleprinter...11/3 e-mail address...11/3 "...11/1,3 special requirements for entry into the national phase...02/9 RS Serbia accession to the European Patent Convention...09/1 RU Russian Federation fees...05/5 "...07-08/5,10 "...09/2,6 PCT-PPH agreement signed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office...10/1 SC Seychelles SE Sweden fees...03/6 "...07-08/9 "...09/5 "...11/1,2,4 SG Singapore fees...07-08/9 "...09/4 SI Slovenia SK Slovakia SM San Marino "...12/4
Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page ST Sao Tome and Principe telephone and fax numbers... 03/5 SV El Salvador requirements for entry into the national phase... 09/4 telephone and fax numbers... 09/4 time when name and address of inventor must be given... 09/4 SY Syrian Arab Republic TH Thailand acceptance of international applications filed using PCT-EASY functionality of PCT-SAFE software... 01/8 competent International Authorities... 03/5 " " " " " " "... 04/3 general information... 01/8 TJ Tajikistan TM Turkmenistan TT Trinidad and Tobago UA Ukraine US United States of America exceptional closed date...01/8 " " " " dates...02/11 fees...04/3 "...07-08/5,9,10 "...09/2,5,6 PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) agreements Korean Intellectual Property Office...05/2, 6/2 Austrian Patent Office, Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks (Russian Federation) and Spanish Patent and Trademark Office...10/1 UZ Uzbekistan VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competent International Authorities...09/5 XN Nordic Patent Institute fees...03/6 "...07-08/9 "...09/5 "...11/2,4 ZA South Africa fees...09/5 ZM Zambia ZW Zimbabwe 10