Two Day Seminar for Administrative Staff in the Patent Profession: Formal Requirements of the European Patent System - London, United Kingdom - June 20-21, 2019

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May 23, 2019, 13:00 ET

DUBLIN, May 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Formal Requirements of the European Patent System" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This two-day seminar for Administrative Staff in the Patent Profession on how to competently prepare an application for filing before the EPO. Providing an introduction to the European patent system and how to proceed with an European patent application an much more.

Who Should Attend:

Administrative and patent formalities staff
Office managers in industrial patent departments
Administrators in private practice
Those needing a good understanding of the formal requirements of the European Patent system

Agenda:

Day One

Introduction to the European patent system

History and development
Organisation of the European Patent Office*
Departmental responsibilities

The European patent application

Documents needed on filing
Accordance of a date of filing
Formalities examination
Missing parts of the description and missing drawings
Case management

Practical exercise: Divisional application

Electronic filing

Case management system
Web-form filing

Procedure before the receiving section and search divisions

Search report and search opinion
Response to the search opinion
Publication of the application

Fees

Modes of payment
Reductions
Refunds

Practical exercise: Divisional application

Day Two

Time limits - notification

Calculation
Extensions
Notification

Loss of rights - remedies

Further processing
Re-establishment of rights
Transfer of rights

Practical exercise: Time limits

Substantive examination - examining division

Formal procedures up to grant of the European patent
Refusal of the application
Withdrawal of the application
Deemed to be withdrawn
Accelerated examination

Post-grant proceedings

Opposition
Limitation
Appeal

Overview of PCT

Overview of the international phase
Entry in the regional phase

Regional entry before the EPO as designated office

EPO Form 1200
Payment of fees
Supplementary European search
Substantive examination

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