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It is not uncommon for applicants to file related patent applications in the United States and in Japan. When the applications claim priority to a common patent application, or one of the applications claims priority to the other, the applications’ family relationship can be used advantageously to speed prosecution in one or both jurisdictions. Multiple programs exist to expedite prosecution at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO). Evaluating the available options for a particular pair of U.S. and Japanese patent applications can help identify the option that will best help those applications be substantively examined and issued quickly.
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It is not uncommon for applicants to file related patent
applications in the United States and in Japan. When the
applications claim priority to a common patent application, or one
of the applications claims priority to the other, the
applications family relationship can be used advantageously to
speed prosecution in one or both jurisdictions. Multiple programs
exist to expedite prosecution at the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO). Evaluating the
available options for a particular pair of U.S. and Japanese patent
What is the legal framework for patent prosecution in Norway?
The Patent Act(1) constitutes the basic legislative framework regarding patents and their extent under Norwegian law. The Patent Act and its accompanying rules (known as
patentforskriftene in Norwegian) regulate:
the registration, administrative opposition, cancellation and invalidation of granted patents.
Norway is internationally obliged to harmonise its patent legislation with the European Patent Convention (EPC) by way of Protocol 28 of the European Economic Area agreement. Although the Norwegian delegation signed the first version of the EPC in 1973, Parliament did not ratify it until 2007 and Norway became an EPC member state in 2008. In 2015 Norway acceded to the London Agreement, meaning that a European patent specification in English (or an English translation thereof) no longer must be translated to Norwegian. Norway is also a party to:
Monday, May 3, 2021
It is not uncommon for applicants to file related patent applications in the United States and in Japan. When the applications claim priority to a common patent application, or one of the applications claims priority to the other, the applications’ family relationship can be used advantageously to speed prosecution in one or both jurisdictions. Multiple programs exist to expedite prosecution at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO). Evaluating the available options for a particular pair of U.S. and Japanese patent applications can help identify the option that will best help those applications be substantively examined and issued quickly.
The Ministry of Justice and the Patent Office recently published a request for comments on purported expansive amendments to the Patent Law. Some of the proposed amendments are minor, while others represent radical changes to the existing legislation. Many of the proposed amendments, if carried through, may benefit foreign applicants, which are the source of most patent applications in Israel.
The deadline for filing comments was 7 April 2021. It remains to be seen how the process will develop. This article discusses the proposed amendments and the effect that they may have on the Israeli patent system.
Easing of regulatory burden
The proposed amendments follow a 2014 government resolution which provides that all government offices should reduce their regulatory burden. Accordingly, many of the proposed amendments clearly relate to reducing the regulatory burden which results from filing patent applications. For example, the request for comments asked applicants about the removal