PHARMACEUTICALS company Rhône - Poulenc is going Gothic with
its international patent application WO 95 / 15836.
The key to the technology, which has been filed as
an international patent application by UD, is the use of a concentrated solution of an inorganic salt in the presence of a small amount of mineral acid.
Jessica Gorczynski, Ph.D., provides the full range of services to build and protect clients» patent portfolios, including preparation, filing and prosecution of domestic and
international patent applications to obtain strong patents in the chemical and pharmaceutical fields.
Of all people involved in the filing, prosecution, grant and enforcement of patent rights, it could be argued that none are as important as the drafters of the «first filing» (i.e. the first patent application for an invention, relied on to establish the date of the invention via a priority claim in later foreign or
International patent applications, the «foreign filings»).
If
your international patent application has entered the national stage and you paid a basic national fee on or after Dec. 8, 2004, you may be affected by the revised fees published by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for some patent cooperation treaty applications, effective Feb. 1, 2005.
Then, after I recommend the filing of
an international patent application (known as a PCT application, but will get to that later), my clients frequently ask: «wait, I have to file for an international patent application and it's not even a patent recognized around the world?»
Steve Ritchey advises clients on domestic and
international patent applications and provides comprehensive counsel on licensing and technology transfer.