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shajandr

12/11/16 6:36 PM

#267434 RE: mascale #267433

Sorry, buddy it doesn't work that way. If you want patent coverage in Europe, you need a European patent and also to elect each national EU patent office at the time of filing and THEN you need to enter national phase before the 20/30 month deadline and pay the fees and prosecute in the EPO and then, if an EP patent is granted, pay the HUGE TRANSLATION and registration fees in each individual EU country (which does not include Norway, Switzerland, nor Russia. If you want a patent in China, you need a Chinese patent. Same in Mexico, Canada, Taiwan, etc.

THAT is how it works. A PCT is only an APPLICATION that is nott even an application - it's a placehiolder for priority date purposes only - you have to enter each nation's patent office individually and get a patent there - the only exceptions are EPO, EAPO, and ARIPO - which do the examinations for certain groups of countries.

A PCT is only a PUBLICATION of the priority application - nott an application itself. One has to enter 'national phase' in each country/examining office and pay the fees and have a foreign associate counsel to prosecute it in those countries one elects.

And each country (national office, EPO, ARIPO) does it's own examination of the application (if filed there and paid for) and decides whether or nott to GRANT a patent there, and what the claims are that will be allowed there, if ANY.

What you posted is FALSE.

Ed din't file and prosecute in any non-US countries, so there is no ex-US patent and the US one is expired.

Everbuddy wants links - so here's a START for ya: http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/08/18/an-overview-of-the-pct-international-patent-process/id=18805/

https://www.jpo.go.jp/english/faqs/pct.html