EPO Requires Submission of Earlier Search Reports
by Robert Games | Apr 19, 2013
As of 1 January 2011, the European Patent Office ( EPO ) will now require any earlier search issued in connection with a corresponding foreign priority application to be submitted for consideration during the Search and Examination stages.
Fortunately, the British Patent Office ( UK IPO ) has already indicated that it will do this automatically and therefore free of charge if the priority application is a British patent application.
However, applicants should be aware that the onus is on them to supply these details. Please contact Albright Patents for further advice through our Contacts page above.
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Robert is the Managing Director of Albright IP, as well as being an experienced UK and European Patent Attorney, and a patents litigator.
Robert qualified quickly as a Patent Attorney and worked for two of the of the country’s leading patent Attorney firms. He founded Albright IP (formerly Albright Patents) in 2007, and has worked on a huge range of patent and design matters. Robert has experience of handling patent portfolios across many fields within the general engineering sector.
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