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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
Yesterday the Israel PTO announced that its new patent electronic filing system would be online today as of 13:30. As predicted, the system wasn't online then and still isn't online…
The Israel PTO just announced that its patent electronic filing system and the patent database will be offline tomorrow, April 28, from 07:00 to 13:00. When they tried this in…
Having introduced a new interface for filing patent applications back in September 2023 (see here, here, here, here and here), today the Israel PTO announced that it will soon be…
Filed a divisional application at the ILPTO. The ILPTO’s electronic filing system populated all the relevant fields with information from the parent case. As the application has more than 100…
Last year we submitted claims in an application identical to those allowed at the EPO, and told the examiner that when the European Patent granted, we'd file a request for…
As a follow-up to yesterday's post: 1. I eventually got the acknowledgement of the filing of the POA. 2. The ILPTO sent out the same notice again today, so the…
I have complained in the past about the time it takes for the Israel PTO to generate acknowledgement receipt for things that are filed electronically (as well as the fact…
When the Israel PTO moved to electronic filing in June 2016, no one had thought about the importance of providing the filer with confirmation that a filing had been made…
Once upon a time, the Israel PTO let patent applicants request suspension of examination at almost any point in time during the examination process, and it didn’t cost anything. You…
As a follow-up to my post of a few weeks ago about the examiner who asserted that an amendment we filed was non-compliant because he found it difficult to read…
I’m Dan Feigelson. I’ve been practicing patent law for over 30 years. I’m also opinionated, as you may discover in reading my writings here.
