...und wurde vermutlich nicht gemacht, um Geld zu sparen. ________________________________________Optional examination An international preliminary examination may optionally be requested ("demanded").[32][33] The international preliminary examination is conducted by an authorized International Preliminary Examination Authority (IPEA). This results in an International Preliminary Examination Report (IPER). Since 2004, the IPER bears the title "international preliminary report on patentability (Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty)" (commonly abbreviated "IPRP Chapter II").[34] The filing of a demand for international preliminary examination, which must be done within a time limit,[35] is subject to the payment of a "handling fee" for the benefit of the International Bureau[36] and a "preliminary examination fee" for the benefit of the IPEA.[37] The cost of filing a demand varies depending on the IPEA used by the applicant.[33] If the written opinion established by the International Searching Authority (ISA) is positive, "there is little value to be obtained from filing a demand".[33] However, "[for] cases where the written opinion of the ISA contains negative findings, the savings in the applicant’s/agent’s time and, where applicable, agent’s fees, required by multiple responses to national offices may well justify the use of the Chapter II procedure."[38] There are many advantages, such as cost and effort savings ("as well as possibly shortened pendency/faster grants"[38]), in receiving a favorable IPRP Chapter II, i.e. a favorable report following an international preliminary examination.[38] For instance, national offices "with a smaller examining staff and those without examiners tend to rely more heavily on the results in the IPRP Chapter II".[38] When an examination is demanded, the contracting states for which the examination is demanded are called Elected Offices (under Chapter II), otherwise they are called Designated Offices (under Chapter I). The election of a contracting state correspondingly means electing it when demanding (requesting) the examination. An alternative to the filing of a demand for international preliminary examination is to file informal comments in response to the written opinion established by the ISA. These informal comments are not published. The informal comments should be submitted to the International Bureau (IB), and not to the ISA or the IPEA.[39] They are kept in the file of the international application and, in the case where no demand is filed, forwarded to the designated offices,[33][39] which are free to require a translation of the informal comments.[39] ________________________________________Quelle: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/..._Cooperation_Treaty Am besten mal selbst durchlesen. Hab mir das Patent angeguckt und bin der Meinung, dass alles i.O. ist. |
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