tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post1512621198619997254..comments2023-11-05T06:06:12.057-06:00Comments on The 271 Patent Blog: It's Official: More than 1/2 of Examined Patent Applications Rejected at Top 3 Patent OfficesTwo-Seventy-One Patent Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481083706071978817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-15175364959031080332009-03-20T17:51:00.000-05:002009-03-20T17:51:00.000-05:00The Australian Patent Office had a similar practic...The Australian Patent Office had a similar practice of allocating filing no's for all PCT apps. This practice has sensibly been changed recently, so that application no's are only allocated when the National Phase is entered. Perhaps the EPO should consider this too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-15109529678178766612009-03-19T02:11:00.000-05:002009-03-19T02:11:00.000-05:00I'm sceptical. My gut feeling is that most app...I'm sceptical. My gut feeling is that most applications (>80%) in which Applicant pays to enter the EPO come through to issue. My suspicion is that a greater number of PCT cases, these days, never enter the EPO regional phase yet the EPO still counts them as "not granted". Recall that the EPO computer clocks all of them, and gives them an EPO number, as soon as they are filed, anywhere in the world. Ask the EPO how many apps fall by the wayside, after they enter the EPO and it will surely be a percentage much less than 50. I don't want anybody thinking, when contemplating filing at the EPO a request for examination on the merits, that there's a 50:50 chance of a refusal decision. Then again, it's the EPO that issues most of the ISR's, so you could say that the EPO is getting its refusals in, before ever the PCT app leaves its international phase. Well done the EPO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com