News archive for May 2015

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• Patenting Computer-Implemented Healthcare Inventions in AI and Machine Learning

  April 2020

  With recent advances in computer technology, AI and ML are increasingly being used in products and services for the healthcare industry. Statistics from the World Intellectual Property Organisation also show increasing numbers of AI related patent applications being filed in the Life and Medical Sciences sector. It is, therefore, important to understand what types of invention can be protected in this area and why.

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• COVID-19 and EPO deadlines

  April 2020

  On 15 March 2020 the European Patent Office announced that in view of the disruptions arising from the COVID-19 outbreak, time limits expiring on or after that date were to be extended until 17 April 2020 under Rule 134(2) EPC.

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• Fast track or slow lane: Patent strategy or IP cost control?

  April 2020

  The patent application procedure is notoriously slow and driven by fixed deadlines. We are often asked how to speed up the process and also how to slow down the procedure when big costs approach such as validation of a granted European patent.

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• HGF Deadlines and Docketing - please use electronic communications

  April 2020

  Most Official Intellectual Property offices in the jurisdictions in which HGF operates remain fully operational at this time, but some are offering extensions to deadlines in order to support applicants and their attorneys who have been affected by the pandemic. See here for updates based on the situation on Tuesday 24th March 2020.

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• EPO Fees – changes applying from April 2020

  April 2020

  The EPO has announced the revised EPO Fees that will apply from 1 April 2020 in its Official Journal. The new amounts will apply to payments made on or after 1 April 2020.

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