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July 13, 2012
Third parties can now electronically submit observations on PCT applications, including references to relevant prior art
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March 05, 2012
Joe Biden said the Chinese can’t innovate. But new figures show that PCT applications from China grew by a third last year – and for the first time a Chinese company is ranked number one for published patents
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May 12, 2011
East Asia led in PCT applications in 2010, with roughly 164,300 filed, according to WIPO’s annual PCT review
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February 02, 2011
The reasons why companies have reduced expenditure on patents vary significantly according to region and industry, according to a WIPO report
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February 02, 2011
Patent owners commented on business strategy, the economic crisis, IP efficiencies and the PCT as part of WIPO’s questionnaire
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February 02, 2011
Insufficient cash flow and lack of access to credit were not the main reasons for cuts in IP expenditure during the economic crisis, according to a new WIPO survey
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December 07, 2010
“It is no longer a matter of if other Latin American countries will join the Patent Cooperation Treaty, but when,” Matthew Bryan of WIPO said last week
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December 07, 2010
There is much work to be done to improve the PCT system, Matthew Bryan of WIPO told attendees at the ASIPI meeting in Santiago, Chile last week
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December 01, 2010
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October 15, 2010
Marks & Clerk has topped Managing IP’s annual ranking of the biggest PCT filing firms worldwide
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June 21, 2010
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June 01, 2010
New UK Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled a fast-track scheme for international patent applications