PRV

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PRV

• 200 examiners
• 4 800 national patent applications
• Search report within 8 months
• Average pendancy 2½ years
• 4 700 PCT applications (Chapter I)
• A2 lt 10
• 3 800 PCT applications (Chapter II)

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Production problems

• Increasing demand
• Staff turnover

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Strategy

• Productivity
• Decentralised management
• Focus on the individual
• Competence matching
• Intensified recruiting
• Non-bureaucratic
• Special unit
• Universities
• www.prv.se

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Trends

• IPR more and more in focus
• PCT quality appreciated broadly
• Increasing applicant orientation
• Thus, applying for patents gaining in popularity,
  which leads to
• increasing work loads
• increasing costs

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What will reduce back-logs and pendancy times?

• Increased production
• More resources
• More efficient methods
• Decreased demand
• i.e. fewer applications

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• It is the object of the patent system to protect
  the intellectual capital of innovative companies
• The future of the industrialised countries
  depends on these companies
• Therefore, all valuable inventions should be
  protected

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The situation in SMEs

• A high number of existing patents create high
  costs for SMEs in their role as third parties

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The apparent conflict can be solved by raising
the required level of inventive step

• Every second application (on average) should be
  rejected