United States and Foreign Patent Practice

Patents / United States and Foreign Patent Practice

This section of our WebSite is devoted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and well as other patents offices, such as the European Patent Office (EPO). Additionally, we look into other types of patent protection beyond the normal utility patent. As such, the papers listed in this section explore such topics as provisional patent applications, design patents and petty patents and utility models.

United States Patent Law and Practice with Special Reference to the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries - This paper, which comes from our Biotechnology section, provides an in depth look at patent prosecution practice in the U.S. and therefore we have also included a link to it here.

Protecting Inventions in Europe - at the European Patent Office (EPO).

EPO Practice - the Ladas & Parry Guide to European Patent Office Practice

Recent Decisions from the European Patent Office

US Patent Law Changes 1999-2000 - The 1999-2000 changes to the Patent Law provide for early publication and make many other changes.

Provisional Patent Applications - do you really want to file them?

Protecting Inventions Internationally - International protection of an invention has many pitfalls.

European Design Regime - The European Union adopts a new scheme for protecting designs.

European Design Regulation in Context - an overview of design protection in Europe.

Petty Patents - protection for useful articles or other "low grade" inventions.

Highlights

We at Ladas & Parry are presently filing upwards of nearly 1500 US patent applications annually. This area of our practice has experienced considerable growth during the past two years. We also file foreign applications in even larger numbers through our own offices overseas and through carefully selected local counsel. We at Ladas & Parry are one of the largest filers of International Patent Applications filed in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty. PCT International Applications tend to be tricky, but we have the experience necessary to deal with these applications efficiently.

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