who accepts International search report where ISA=EPO in the process of ePCT filing?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:40 am
Dear inventors/nominators or EPO's staffes;
could you inform us on which countries' patent offices accept ISR where International Search Authority (ISA) is EPO?
one more enquiry is that as you know in the process of ePCT application WIPO asks to applicants to select which office/country they would like to select as ISA to prepare ISR but it is known that while some countries are willing to accept ISR carried out by some ISA's , not all of patent offices are willing to accept every ISR prepared by every ISAs.
So, could you inform please under assumption;
first step: we selected ISA where that ISR would not be accepted by any else countries' patent offices.
second step: we would select one well known patent office in the national phase of ePCT process.
final step (Questioning): can we represent that well known patent office's search report simultaneously as ISR or search report which could be acceptable as ISR for the following application where this well known patent office's ISR is accepted by that country's patent office (the following application,in the national phase of ePCT)?
could you inform us on which countries' patent offices accept ISR where International Search Authority (ISA) is EPO?
one more enquiry is that as you know in the process of ePCT application WIPO asks to applicants to select which office/country they would like to select as ISA to prepare ISR but it is known that while some countries are willing to accept ISR carried out by some ISA's , not all of patent offices are willing to accept every ISR prepared by every ISAs.
So, could you inform please under assumption;
first step: we selected ISA where that ISR would not be accepted by any else countries' patent offices.
second step: we would select one well known patent office in the national phase of ePCT process.
final step (Questioning): can we represent that well known patent office's search report simultaneously as ISR or search report which could be acceptable as ISR for the following application where this well known patent office's ISR is accepted by that country's patent office (the following application,in the national phase of ePCT)?