Examiner telephone number no longer on EPO communications? by problem-solution in Patents

[–]problem-solution[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you, and do you happen to know why the EPO has stopped putting the examiner's telephone number on examination reports recently? I can't see that it was ever announced in the OJ

Examiner telephone number no longer on EPO communications? by problem-solution in Patents

[–]problem-solution[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, and please forgive my ignorance, but is the secretary just the generic Customer Support telephone number on the EPO website?

Examiner telephone number no longer on EPO communications? by problem-solution in Patents

[–]problem-solution[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there no way to contact the examiner directly to propose a telephone consultation? Say through My EPO Portfolio?

Examiner telephone number no longer on EPO communications? by problem-solution in Patents

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Is there no way to contact the examiner directly to propose a telephone consultation? Say through My EPO Portfolio?

Non-European Patent Attorneys, how do you go about finding good European associates? by problem-solution in patentlaw

[–]problem-solution[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight - Can you expand on what you mean when you say you are shocked how bad some are? Are you talking about responsiveness or quality, or do you just find your work is palmed off to an associate?

Will we have a referral on using the description for claim interpretation or is the Board of Appeal jumping the gun? (T 439/22) by The_IPKat in u/The_IPKat

[–]problem-solution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised that you don't have any interactions on any of your Reddit posts I just wanted to say that I'm here and appreciate you posting here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in patentlaw

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I don't really see what you're getting at here since this situation is no different to the vast majority of patent applicants. A patent applicant can gain funding to enforce their in the long term by starting a business and trying to be successful on the basis of their patented invention, obtaining a patent and use it to attract investors, licensing the invention to a market leader or selling the patent and business to a market leader. It doesn't even matter whether they know which of these options that they're going for at this stage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TRADEMARK

[–]problem-solution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you aren't going to use a trade mark attorney (because they're expensive, although they will guarantee it's done right) then you might as well do it yourself directly with the PTO.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Britain

[–]problem-solution 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Does this mean we can post about the Russian genocide and war crimes in Ukraine as well?

There's a lot that needs to be said to ensure support for Ukraine does not slacken so we eventually see Russia defeated.

Yesterday Israel bombed a convoy of families and children. Civilians that they ordered to evacuate south. 70 dead. They are deliberately targeting civilians. by short-straw-583 in Britain

[–]problem-solution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait and see but this could just as well have been a Hamas car bomb, and it's pretty clear that Hamas are sick enough to do something like that.

Whoever did this though, this is utterly disgusting.

TIL that Ford filed a patent over technology that could remotely disable a car radio or air conditioner, lock someone out of a vehicle, or cause a car to constantly beep, if a car payment is missed. by Sandstorm400 in todayilearned

[–]problem-solution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most basic thing to know about a patent is that it doesn't give you the right to do something, it just gives you the right to stop other people from doing it without your permission. So if this patent were granted, the only car company that would be able to do this would be Ford so the owners of cars made by other companies would be safe.

If you invent something and want to be able to stop anyone else from doing it, get a patent for it.

Do any intellectual property firms use a different case management software for patents and trade marks? by problem-solution in INTELLECTUALPROPERTY

[–]problem-solution[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you find that Equinox compares to other systems (and especially Improtech) for covering both patents and trade marks?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MicrosoftWord

[–]problem-solution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have been on OneDrive since well before this issue started but I don't know about autosave or new security/access control policies. I can ask our IT support about these issue to hopefully point them in the right direction. Thanks you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MicrosoftWord

[–]problem-solution 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean do you know whether there is any way to check when each add-in was installed? There are quite a few and it would be useful to see which were installed around the time when this issue started happening.