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Category: PCT

July 24, 2013

21st-Century Technology, 19th-Century Patent Office – A Follow-Up

The previous post here discussed the absurd situation that prevails at the ILPTO, under which one can pay ILPTO fees online but must still send the ILPTO a physical copy…
May 22, 2013

Gotta Love Those Multilateral Treaties

So a news item last week in the patent world was that Saudi Arabia has now joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty (or in the formal language of the PCT, it…
July 31, 2012

Israel-USA Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program Expanded to Include PCT Patentability Opinions

Israel and the USA have had a bilateral patent prosecution highway (PPH) agreement in place since July 1, 2011; on June 28 of this year it was announced that this…
July 30, 2012

Israel PTO Issues Notice Concerning Implementation of Amendments to Statute

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…
June 12, 2012

Electronic Filing Of PCT Applications at the Israel Receiving Office

Yesterday, the Israel PTO circulated a notice via its email list stating that beginning July 1, 2012 it would accept full electronic filing of PCT applications in its capacity as…
April 4, 2012

Israel PTO To Be PCT Search and Examination Authority as of June 2012

This morning the Israel PTO (officially the Israel Patents, Design and Trademarks Authority) released an announcement by email that as of June 2012, it will offer services as a PCT search and…
December 31, 2011

Update: Israel as PCT Search Authority, Filing of PCT Applications At Israel Receiving Office

As discussed previously here and here, in November the relevant Knesset Committee considered and approved amendments to the Israel patent statute that would enable Israel to become a PCT search…
November 22, 2011

Israel On Its Way To Becoming A PCT International Search Authority: Knesset Committee Approves Necessary Statutory Amendments

As a follow-up to the previous post, earlier today the Knesset’s Constitution, Statute and Law Committee – at least the lone member of the committee who was present for the…
November 21, 2011

Israel as a PCT Search Authority: Selling Ourselves Short? Or Showing the World How To Act Responsibly?

The Israel PTO’s push to become a PCT search and examination authority is slowly moving forward. This past March saw the publication of a Government-sponsored bill that would make the…
September 6, 2011

If For Some Inexplicable Reason You Want To File A PCT Application In Hebrew, Where Can You File?

The Israel PTO will accept patent applications filed in Hebrew, Arabic or English (as discussed in an earlier post), but I’ve never filed a patent application in Hebrew. Nor, as…

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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.