PCT Update Seminar

The National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland organizes a new seminar on recent changes and updates on the International Patent Application system (PCT). The seminar speaker is an expert from the WIPO.

The course main target group are patent attorneys, patent agents, patent engineers and patent assistants. This is an advanced level seminar requiring basic knowledge of the PCT system.

Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus järjestää kansainväliseen patentinhakujärjestelmään (PCT) liittyen englanninkielisen seminaarin PCT-järjestelmää koskevista viimeaikaisista muutoksista ja päivityksistä. Seminaarissa aiheesta luennoi WIPO:n asiantuntija.

Kurssi on ensisijaisesti suunnattu PCT-järjestelmää jo jonkin verran tunteville patenttiasiamiehille, patentti-insinööreille ja patenttiassistenteille.

Date Next Seminar in Autumn 2011 (tentative/alustava)

Venue National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus, PRH), Arkadiankatu 6, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

Seminar fee

399 euros + value-added tax 23%

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

(Updated 21.9.2010)

8:45 - 9:00 Registration and Coffee

9:00 Preface

PART I : Selected Chapters

Introduction to the PCT System
PCT-SAFE

Transmittal to the International Bureau as Receiving Office
Declarations
Signature Requirements
Agents and Common Representatives under the PCT
Priority Claims

Correction of Defects Relating to the Filing of the Application
Recording of Changes Relating to the Applicant, the Agent or the Inventor

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

PART I : Selected Chapters (continued)

International Search and Written Opinion of the ISA
Supplementary International Search (SIS)
International Preliminary Examination

Unity of Invention and Protest Procedure

Entry into the National Phase (general)

PART II :
Rule changes which came into effect on 1 July 2008

PART III :

Rule changes that entered into form on 1 January 2009
Rule changes that entered into form on 1 July 2009

PART IV :
Rule changes that entered into force in 1 July 2010
Decisions of the PCT Assembly of September 2010

PART V :
Where to Get Help

16:00 End of Seminar

SEMINAR REGISTRATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION

Registration Form (in Finnish)

Registration by email: yrityspalvelut (at) prh.fi

Registration by telephone or fax: tel. + 358 9 6939 5238 / 5236, fax: + 358 9 6939 5322