How to get a patent faster, and improve your chances of success

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A patent gives you power

A registered patent is property. A patent application- maybe, in future...
A registered patent, like a monopol, gives you power to prevent others from manufacturing, selling or importing the product protected by your patent.

A patent in Israel gives you power in Israel; a patent in the U.S. gives you power there. A regional patent such as in Europe protects you in the designated countries there.
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PPH, GPPH Protection venue

This venue allows you to accelerate the examination in Israel, if a patent was allowed in one of the countries party to the Treaty

You can benefit from PPH/ GPPH without a PCT patent application

Many applicants started with big dreams, but without sufficient planning. They invested their resources on filing a PCT and several national applications, then no funds remained to continue prosecution, so at the end they had little protection to show.

It's better to get patents in less countries, but with a better chance of success.
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Countries participating in GPPH

Global PPH participating Offices

AT Austrian Patent Office
AU Australian Patent Office
CA Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CL National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile)
CO Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Colombia)
DE German Patent and Trade Mark Office
DK Danish Patent and Trademark Office
EE Estonian Patent Office
ES Spanish Patent and Trademark Office
FI Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
GB Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)
HU Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
IL Israel Patent Office
IS Icelandic Intellectual Property Office (ISIPO)
JP Japan Patent Office
KR Korean Intellectual Property Office
NO Norwegian Industrial Property Office
NZ Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)
PE National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru)
PL Patent Office of the Republic of Poland
PT National Institute of Industrial Property (Portugal)
RU Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Russian Federation)
SE Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)
SG Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
US United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
XN Nordic Patent Institute
XV Visegrad Patent Institute

(Source: WIPO)
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Extending the patent protection period

If your business achieves success with your patent, competitors may be waiting for your patent to expire. After patent expiration, anyone can manufacture or import the product, or generic copies.

If you wish to sell the patent to a large firm, the remaining patent lifetime is an issue and may affect the value of your patent- it's not worthwile to buy a patent that will expire soon anyway.

Getting a patent earlier extends the time span of patent protection, and increases the value of the patent, and brings more profits to your business. ____________________

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Accelerated exam improves your chances of getting a patent

Some time after filing a patent application, the inventor may leave the firm- there is employees mobility nowadays. If the inventor is not available during examination of the application, who could answer examiner's substantive objections?

If your product achieves commercial success, competitors become aware of the new technology and may oppose your getting a patent. Examination may be more difficult, or the issue may end in Court- a much more expensive and lengthy process.

Ideally, there is synergy between patent registration and introducing a new product: A registered patent protects the new product and gives you and advantage in the market, in the critical stage of initial sales. On the other hand, commercial success creates a positive cash flow, some of which may be used to enhance patents protection.
This is a virtuous circle.

And there is the opposite situation, a vicious circle: The patent examination flounders, the new product enters the market unprotected, the competitors overwhelm the new product, then the patent becomes irrelevant, so no more funds are allocated to patenting. The patent dies together with the new product.
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How to extend the protection period of your patent

The lifetime of a patent is maximum 20 years from the date of filing the application.

If, for example, it takes 5 years to grant, there remains at most 15 years of patent protection. Worse still, if it takes 9 years to patent grant, you are left only with 11 of patent protection, at most.

If, on the other hand, you achieve patent grant in a year or two, you can benefit more time from your patent.
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Accelerated exam to get a patent faster

In the U.S. and in Israel, there are various venues for accelerating the examination. In other countries it also is possible to accelerate the exam.

Only part of the applications to accelerate the exam are approved at the Patent Office. Many ask this, and the Patent Offices are already overloaded.

We achieved success in accelerating examination of patent applications, although it's impossible to guarantee that a specific application will be approved for accelerated examination, or that a patent will ultimately be granted.

Costs of accelerating the exam in Israel

See below a list of ILPO Gov't fees. The most updated fees can be found at the Israel Patent Office site.

In addition, there are the patent attorney service fees.

Gov't fees in Israel, including filing a patent application, applying to accelerate the exam, revival of abandoned applications, etc. (pdf)

Costs of accelerating the exam in the United States

See below a list of USPTO Gov't fees. The most updated fees can be found at the US Patent and Trademark Office site.

In addition, there are the patent attorney service fees.

Gov't fees in the U.S., including filing a patent application, applying to accelerate the exam, revival of abandoned applications, etc. (pdf)

Victory over Tadiran in patenting

Victory over a subsidiary of the giant Tadiran Ltd., during proceedings at the Israel Patent Office. Marc used Patentics to plan the strategy to pursue.

USPTO published Marc's proposal for improvements

A proposal by Marc on improving the examination process is published in the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) site. The proposal is based on Patentics.

Don't miss your opportunity!
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In all patents-related tasks there is a deadline. If you miss it, there are additional costs, or it may be impossible to continue: To answer an exam report, request a PCT exam, revive an abandoned application, etc.

You are competing with all the inventors worldwide- the first to file an application, has a better chance to win.

Marc personally handles all our office's customers- and only accepts a limited number of projects at a time.

Marc personally answers questions- and only a limited number of questions each day.

You may have one good idea, an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Don't miss it

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