1. 1 PCT Update February 23, 2010 Quan-Ling SIM Head PCT Outreach and User Relations Section

2. 2 =PCT Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Finland France, Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao People’s Dem Rep. Latvia Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sao Tomé e Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland St. Kitts and Nevis Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uzbekistan Viet Nam Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe 142 PCT States

3. 3 PCT Statistics fall of 4.5% overall in 2009

4. 4 International Applications Received in 2009 by Country of Origin China overtakes France for the first time (and files only 120 less than KR) Increase/decline in certain national offices US: -11.4% JP: +3.6% DE: -11.2% KR: +2.1% CN: +29.7%

5. 5 Top PCT Applicants (2009) 1.Panasonic--JP (1891) 2.Huawei--CN (1847) 3.Bosch--DE (1586) 4.Philips--NL (1295) 5.Qualcomm--US (1280) 6.Ericsson--SE (1240) 7.LG Electronics--KR (1090) 8.NEC--JP (1069) 9.Toyota--JP (1068) 10.Sharp--JP (997) 11. Siemens--DE (932) 12. Fujitsu--JP (817) 13. BASF--DE (739) 14. 3M--US (688) 15. Nokia--FI (663) 16. Microsoft--US (644) 17. Samsung Electronics--KR (596) 18. NXP--NL (593) 19. Mitsubishi Electric--JP (569) 20. HP--US (554)

6. 6 The ISAs are the following 17 offices: –Australia –Austria –Brazil –Canada –China –Egypt (hoping to begin operating April 2010) –Finland –India (not yet operating) –Israel (not yet operating) –Japan –Republic of Korea –Russian Federation –Spain –Sweden –United States of America –European Patent Office –Nordic Patent Institute The PCT International Searching Authorities

7. 7 Supplementary International Search: Authorities Participation of ISAs –NPI—Jan. 1, 2009 –RU—Jan. 1, 2009 –SE—Jan. 1, 2009—limitation to 1000 Supp. Searches/year –FI—Jan. 1, 2010 (began operation January 1, 2010) –AT—later in 2010 –AU—under consideration –BR—considering offering the service in 2011 –CA—no intention to offer in near future –CN—under consideration –EP—planned for July 1, 2010, limited initially to 700 in the first year –ES—no intention, but signs of possible reevaluation –IN—unknown –JP—no intention –KR—no intention to offer in near future –US—considering offering the service through contractors

8. 8 Complete set of amended claims required when amending –Instead of replacement sheets of affected claims –Entry into force: July 1, 2009 Express indication of basis for amendment in PCT application as filed –Amended Rules 46.5 and 66.8 and the proposed addition of new Rule 70.2(c-bis), requiring applicants to indicate the basis for amendments in IA as filed –Entry into force: July 1, 2010, applying to any PCT application where amendment is made on or after July 1, 2010 Outcome in State of Florida v. Federated Institute for Patent and Trademark Registry and Bernd Taubert, Dec. 2009State of Florida v. Federated Institute for Patent and Trademark Registry and Bernd Taubert PCT Legal Developments

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10. 10 WIPO is continuing to reach out to law enforcement authorities in a number of US States and other countries to try to obtain results like in the Florida Federated case Please inform –All persons who are listed as applicants or inventors in your PCT applications (as well as in European patent applications, Madrid Agreement trademark applications and European trademark applications for that matter) about these notifications and what to do with them –All persons who might reasonably see one of these notifications in your companies or law offices The “service” offered has no value in the opinion of WIPO –WARNING: Requests for Payment of FeesWARNING: Requests for Payment of Fees Please Assist Us!

11. 11 PCT Meeting of International Authorities (February 2010) (February 2010) The Future of the PCT Quality Framework PCT User Survey Results Assistance for Green Inventions Supplementary International Search Paragraph Amendment of PCT Applications Future work

12. 12 Studies to be prepared by the International Bureau –Background of need to improve PCT functioning, problems, challenges, causes, options, etc. (“why did we propose the PCT Roadmap?”) –Fee reduction criteria for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) –Eligibility criteria for 90% fee reductions The PCT and Green Technologies Third Party Observations PCT Working Group Meeting (June 2010)

13. 13 Trilateral offices began a pilot project January 29, 2010 in which positive PCT search reports and positive International Preliminary Reports on Patentability (IPRPs) will be a basis for Patent Prosecution Highway requests in the Trilateral offices –Announced formally at the November 2009 Trilateral Conference in Kyoto –Further details available on USPTO, EPO and JPO websitesUSPTOEPOJPO PCT and the Patent Prosecution Highway

14. 14 Practical PCT Developments (1) Private file inspection –Document upload system available to all PCT users as of Jan. 18, 2010 PCT Service Centre Examples: notices of withdrawal, Art. 19 amendments, Rule 92bis requests, SIS requests, informal comments on WO/ISA, general correspondence for IB Limitations: 1) IB must have received Record copy 2) only post-filing documents for the IB--NOT filings of IAs Strong preference for PDF text Email notifications –Up to now have been able to request (from IB and participating offices) email copies of notifications in addition to paper –From Jan. 1, 2010, additional option for email onlyemail only –***Strongly recommended to opt for email only once sufficient experience has been gained with paper/email parallel receipt of notifications

15. 15 Practical PCT Developments (2) Priority documents –Digital Access Service (DAS)Digital Access Service (DAS) Starting Jan. 1, 2010, International Bureau (IB) can retrieve pdocs through DAS for use with PCT applications Thus, applicant can request IB to retrieve pdoc from DAS instead of providing a certified copy, if: –Document has been added to DAS by participating office –Applicant has used DAS web portal to give IB access to the document Currently 7 participating offices (AU, ES, GB, IB, JP, KR, US) How to use it: –If filing on paper, check relevant box on request form in Box No. VIrequest form –If filing electronically (PCT-SAFE and PCT-EASY): attach a letter requesting IB to retrieve pdoc using DAS—software will be updated soon to include this feature –If previously filed, send letter to IB before expiration of 16 months from priority, requesting retrieval via DAS –Direct access from digital libraries—coming soon

16. 16 Practical PCT Developments (3) PCT webinars PCT distance learning New resources for PCT applicants –PCT Caselaw database now availablePCT Caselaw database Text-searchable decisions from national courts and regional administrative bodies, with abstracts and references added by IB New version of PCT-SAFE software (Jan. 1, 2010)PCT-SAFE software PATENTSCOPE ® enhancements –Full file contents available for IAs filed on or after 1 Jan. 2009 –National phase entry data now for 43 offices (recent addition of African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), Belarus, Hungary, Malaysia and the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO),National phase entry data –Searchable national collections in new interface for public testingSearchable national collections ARIPO, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Cuba, Mexico, Vietnam, Israel, PCT, All 10 query language choices, 10 interface language choices, customizable settings, integration of GoogleTranslate, graphical results

17. 17 Contact PCT Information Service –Telephone: (+41-22) 338 83 38 –Facsimile: (+41-22) 338 83 39 –E-mail: pct.infoline@wipo.int