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Which offices accept direct entries?

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:45 pm
by blue & green
Hi,

the question is divided into two subquestions.

A) PCT is gateway.
B) PCT is NOT gateway (i.e. the initial application is discussed)

A) which offices accept direct application (I mean the possibility of application without the power of attorney by "'direct' application" here)?

B) the question is same. But note please the remarked filing will be initial application.

general comment: as PCT is available and patent rights are dependent to local regulations / laws, we do not expect that it would be possible. However, there might be some unexplained points or some possibilities that we still did not know.

All the remarked filings will be through Asian countries/patent offices.

Kind Regards
blue

Re: Which offices accept direct entries?

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:27 pm
by asiainfo
Dear blue,

Thanks for posting your question. In your e-mail, you did not specify which countries/jurisdictions you are interested in. As our forum covers a wide geographical scope (the whole Asian continent) we kindly ask you to narrow the scope of Asian offices with respect to your inquiry. This makes it easier for us and other users to reply to your question.

In general, it seems to us that most national patent laws require a foreign applicant (usually a person/company without a place of residence or business in that country) to undertake any patent-related action, such as filing an application, via a local representative. This applies, for example, to Japan, China and the Republic of Korea, for both direct filings (initial applications) and PCT national phase entries.

Best regards,

EPO's Asian Patent Information Services