REVISION PCT MERGER CH I

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REVISION PCTMERGER CH I CH I,DELETION DEMAND,

• Not yet!
• Important gain experience from recently made
  amendments in the PCT Regulations
• - introduction W O in CH I for instance
• - await development SPLT
• - await implementation PLT

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REASONS

• The treaty should be amended only concerning what
  is really necessary, if anything
• because
• unrealistic that all PCT member States could
  agree to the same amendments to take place at the
  same time
• consequences
• - big problems for users and authorities

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REVISION PCT REGULATIONS

• Simplifications for the users, third parties,
  offices
• Good!
• Recently made revisions
• Good!
• Implementation of electronic filing/processing of
  international applications
• Good!

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QUALITY CONTROL

• Revision of PCT International Search- and
  Preliminary Examination Guidelines
• Good!
• Basic requirement concerning quality
• comes from the customer
• The customer demands
• legal certainty
• -top quality state of the art search,
• -predictable decisions on patentability
• Not possible to employ external monitoring of
  quality!
• Quality of service
• established at the moment of service
• Quality assurance
• competence at the source of service

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• World reference in patent examination
• EPO!
• Therefore
• High quality in the PCT Procedure
• high measure of harmonisation with EPO
• Harmonisation should be considered in topics
  such as
• -search tools
• -search methods
• -search practice
• -guidelines
• -examiner competence
• -quality assurance
• Harmonisation should be based on
• mutual confidence
• commonly agreed standards applied, not on
  institutionalised reports from external
  accountants

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COORDINATED SEARCHES

• Not in favour!
• Will increase the workload in the big offices

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CONTRACTING-OUT SEARCHES

• For the time being
• not a question on the Swedish table