Patents_in_UK
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December. Year end crunch for many IP departments. Not my favourite time of year: lots to do and many people on holiday.
10:33 AM Dec 10th
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Dyson's new fan would make a good drafting exercise for a trainee patent attorney. It looks good too, but (to me at least) not £200 good.
4:00 PM Oct 19th
from Echofon
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The USPTO is on a roll. The last two OAs I've seen have reversed previous novelty/obviousness objections, but raised strange new formal ones
7:51 AM Oct 19th
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@ In the last search report I saw, the EPO had crossed out and ignored half a perfectly good claim as "unclear". It wasn't.
1:02 AM Oct 17th
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in reply to bloomsburykid
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Annoyed that it is easy to get machine translations from JIPO, but that KIPO require a fee. Paying for a machine translation feels wrong.
3:47 AM Oct 13th
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Very happy to catch up with an old client today. He "retired" a long time, but just keeps on inventing. An inspiration for us all.
8:24 AM Oct 12th
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I wonder how many EQE examiners have never sat the EQE. Probably lots, as it would attract retired "grandfathers". And they have the time.
9:29 AM Oct 7th
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I see that there is a need for EQE examiners. Tempted, but with a young family I would have too little time.
9:26 AM Oct 7th
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@ Given that the act of downloading a file history is copying, I think you might be right.
2:03 AM Oct 7th
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in reply to filemot
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Not tweeted for a while. Might make an appearance at CIPA drinks tonight. Anyone else going?
1:58 AM Oct 7th
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@ Different firms will have different recruitment needs, so apply to all. Summer placement schemes are rare, but there are some
2:00 AM Jul 23rd
from Echofon
in reply to JessicaRuth84
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@ Your best bet is to apply in your final year to all the main patent firms. Find the firms from career guides or CIPA website
1:58 AM Jul 23rd
from Echofon
in reply to JessicaRuth84
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@ Re: Goldilocks, If you want to protect outside the US, you should change your rule to: "Public: too late"
1:54 AM May 22nd
from Echofon
in reply to BeemPatentLaw
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@ Those are two substantial ifs there though...
4:22 PM May 19th
from Echofon
in reply to nipclaw
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Anyone else find Article 54(3) EPC to be one of the hardest things for clients to understand? I use timeline and pictures.
11:40 AM May 14th
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@ Fair point! Follow any Twitter-mad celeb (which I must confess I've done) and the volume of dross replies you'd see is huge
2:33 PM May 13th
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in reply to BrettTrout
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@ Thanks for the suggestions.
11:08 AM May 13th
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in reply to ozwine
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@ I use the search function for new chat/people. Much better than legions of random "@ I agree" type tweets in my feed
11:03 AM May 13th
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in reply to BrettTrout
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@ A total non-issue. I had Twitter not showing me those tweets anyway. Why would anyone want to see replies to randoms?
8:36 AM May 13th
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in reply to BrettTrout
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In the case in front on me, the EPO examiner has confused "first ..." and "second ..." in our claims. Very confusing.
7:58 AM May 13th
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- Name UK Patent Attorney
- Location London
- Bio I am a UK and European patent attorney (CPA and EPA) who is a partner in a firm of attorneys in the UK.
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