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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
Israel has three different procedures for expediting the examination of patent applications. One of these procedures, section 17(c) of the statute, concerns substantive examination of the application. Under 17(c), the…
In US patent practice, the conclusion of ex parte patent prosecution is marked the issuance of a Notice of Allowance, at which point (a) the applicant has three months to…
A recurring theme on this blog is the topic of divisional applications in Israel, specifically the impropriety of the Israel PTO’s decision a few years ago to limit the time…
It’s been a while since I wrote about how the Israel PTO deals with the issue of “overlap” between the claims of applications, but that doesn’t mean the issue has…
For those weirdos who find the Israel patent regulations to be a scintillating topic for discussion (and for those who are just gluttons for punishment), here are a two more…
On November 25, amendments to the Patent Regulations were published; earlier this week the ILPTO published a notice regarding the new amendments. Both documents make good reading, if counting sheep isn’t working…
In accordance with recently-adopted statutory amendments, next week the Israel PTO will begin publishing all pending patent applications that have passed the 18-months-from-earliest-priority date. This includes applications filed under the…
Don Zuhn and Kevin Noonan at PatentDocs were kind enough to post a piece I wrote about the recent amendments of the Israel patent statute (link here).
Following the adoption of significant amendments to the Israel patent statute on July 9 and their coming into force (mostly) on July 12, on July 25 the Israel PTO published…
On July 9, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed an amendment to the patent statute that institutes three major changes from current practice: early (18-month) publication of patent applications; third-party requests…
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.
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