2025-03-31 2025-03-31 , online online, 1,380 € zzgl. MwSt. Peter Pollard https://forum-institut.de/seminar/25098002-pct-formalities-goal-oriented-guide-to-the-formal-requirements/referenten/25/25_09/25098002-pct-formalities_pollard-peter.jpg PCT Formalities. Goal-Oriented Guide to the Formal Requirements

The PCT route lets you defer costs, assess patentability, and secure global options - but navigating its procedures requires precision. This seminar teaches how to avoid filing pitfalls, streamline national phase entry, and maximize patent value through strategic formalities.

Topics
  • Influencing procedure with formality actions
  • Avoiding filing defects, reducing administration during national phases and problems during search and examination
  • Improving quality and speed of patentability opinions
  • Increasing value of application for applicants
  • Smoothing national and regional entry, entry before EPO
  • Latest developments in the PCT system


Who should attend
Paralegals and IP administrators, formalities manager and legal assistants with an understanding of PCT administration and formalities who wish to widen and deepen their knowledge.
Aims and objectives
Struggling with PCT procedures? Filing locations, form complexities, and inter-office communication can make the process challenging.

The PCT system offers a flexible set of options but knowing when and how to use them is key. This seminar enhances your understanding of PCT formal requirements by linking them to specific strategic goals.

By explaining why each option is chosen, you'll gain a deeper appreciation of how they impact the applicant's objectives-along with their potential benefits and risks.
Key objectives:
  • Avoiding filing and search problems
  • Reducing administrative burdens in national phases
  • Improving the quality and speed of patentability opinions
  • Maximizing applicant value
  • Resolving unusual problems
  • Ensuring a smooth national entry
  • Practical exercises

Participants will have the chance to ask questions on all aspects of the international phase and national/regional entry.
Your benefit

  • Minimize Errors & Reduce Administrative Burden
Avoid common filing defects, streamline national phase entries, and handle search/examination issues efficiently

  • Improve Patentability Opinions & Speed
Discover best practices to accelerate and enhance the quality of patentability assessments, ensuring faster, more reliable support for attorneys and applicants.

  • Enhance Application Value & Strategic Decision-Making
Understand how to leverage PCT procedures (e.g., demand timing, amendments, entry routes) to maximize protection and align with applicants' business goals.

  • Optimize National/Regional Entry & Stay Updated
Learn practical strategies for seamless EPO and global entries, plus insights on recent PCT rule changes to stay compliant.

25098002 PCT formalities

PCT Formalities. Goal-Oriented Guide to the Formal Requirements

Benefits
  • Learn from the experts
  • Succinct knowledge transfer
  • Course material as a sourse of reference

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Termin

30/09/-01/10/2025

30/09/-01/10/2025

Zeitraum

Day 1: 09:00 - 17:00 and Day 2: 09:00 - 13:30

Day 1: 09:00 - 17:00 and Day 2: 09:00 - 13:30
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Dr. Viola Prifti
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The PCT route lets you defer costs, assess patentability, and secure global options - but navigating its procedures requires precision. This seminar teaches how to avoid filing pitfalls, streamline national phase entry, and maximize patent value through strategic formalities.

Topics

  • Influencing procedure with formality actions
  • Avoiding filing defects, reducing administration during national phases and problems during search and examination
  • Improving quality and speed of patentability opinions
  • Increasing value of application for applicants
  • Smoothing national and regional entry, entry before EPO
  • Latest developments in the PCT system


Who should attend
Paralegals and IP administrators, formalities manager and legal assistants with an understanding of PCT administration and formalities who wish to widen and deepen their knowledge.

Aims and objectives

Struggling with PCT procedures? Filing locations, form complexities, and inter-office communication can make the process challenging.

The PCT system offers a flexible set of options but knowing when and how to use them is key. This seminar enhances your understanding of PCT formal requirements by linking them to specific strategic goals.

By explaining why each option is chosen, you'll gain a deeper appreciation of how they impact the applicant's objectives-along with their potential benefits and risks.
Key objectives:

  • Avoiding filing and search problems
  • Reducing administrative burdens in national phases
  • Improving the quality and speed of patentability opinions
  • Maximizing applicant value
  • Resolving unusual problems
  • Ensuring a smooth national entry
  • Practical exercises

Participants will have the chance to ask questions on all aspects of the international phase and national/regional entry.

Your benefit

  • Minimize Errors & Reduce Administrative Burden
Avoid common filing defects, streamline national phase entries, and handle search/examination issues efficiently

  • Improve Patentability Opinions & Speed
Discover best practices to accelerate and enhance the quality of patentability assessments, ensuring faster, more reliable support for attorneys and applicants.

  • Enhance Application Value & Strategic Decision-Making
Understand how to leverage PCT procedures (e.g., demand timing, amendments, entry routes) to maximize protection and align with applicants' business goals.

  • Optimize National/Regional Entry & Stay Updated
Learn practical strategies for seamless EPO and global entries, plus insights on recent PCT rule changes to stay compliant.

Detailed programme

Day 1: 09:00 - 17:00 and Day 2: 09:00 - 13:30

08:30 - 09:00 Registration


09:00 - 09:15

Introduction round

09:15 - 09:45

Review of the PCT system
  • Main formality steps in the PCT system

09:45 - 10:00

Q&A - time for expert guidance

10:00 - 10:45

Filing a PCT application (I)
  • Fatal errors to be avoided
  • Best practices during preparation and filing
  • Previewing drawings and documents before filing
  • Use of ePCT and external signatures
  • Filing at different receiving offices, including the International Bureau
  • Avoiding shortfalls when paying

10:45 - 11:00

Q&A - time for expert guidance

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break


11:15 - 12:00

Filing a PCT application (II)
Practical exercise

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break


13:00 - 14:00

Reducing administration during the international phase
  • Using DAS for priority documents
  • Rule 4.17 declarations in ePCT
  • Correcting obvious errors
  • Changing data under Rule 92bis
  • Filing Article 19 amendments
  • Powers of attorney

13:00 - 14:00 Q&A - time for expert guidance


14:15 - 14:45

Avoiding problems during search
Responding to non-unity objections
  • Paying additional search fees
  • Dealing with a declaration of no search
  • Supplementary International Search (SIS)

Excuse of missed time limits
  • Restoration of priority
  • Incorporation of missing elements and parts

14:45 - 15:00 Q&A - time for expert guidance


15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break


15:00 - 16:30

Making full use of Chapter II before the IPEA
  • Filing a demand and amended claims
  • Filing further arguments & amendments
  • Responding to a written opinion by phone

16:30 - 16:45 Q&A - time for expert guidance


16:45 - 17:00 Wrap up and end of day 1


09:15 - 10:00

Smoothing entry before the EPO
  • Optimising EP entry
  • Early entry before the EPO
  • EP entry with further processing
  • Further processing
  • Review & excuse

10:00 - 10:15 Q&A - time for expert guidance


10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break


10:30 - 11:30

IP5 guidelines
  • Basic understanding of filing national phase entries in US, KR, CN and JP

11:30 - 12:15

Simulation of a real life case

12:15 - 12:30 Coffee break


12:30 - 13:00

Latest PCT developments

13:00 - 13:15

Wrap up of the course

13:15 End of the seminar


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