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11 October 2022

During October 3-7, 2022, the delegation of the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) participated in the 15th session of the Working Group (WG) on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and 32nd session of the PCT Committee on Technical Cooperation. For the first time EAPO participated in the WG PCT in the new status of International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority.

The agenda of the session included the issues related to the implementation of new standards, accelerated patent prosecution and joint search and examination initiatives, coordination of activities in the area of training of patent examiners, access to patent documentation, etc.

The Delegation of the EAPO informed the participants that the practical activities as a PCT International Authority had already started. The Office had received its first applications. The EAPO is recognized as a competent international authority by patent offices of six countries of the Eurasian region.

Besides, EAPO put forward the initiative to approve Russian translations of a number of standard forms to be used in the international phase of the PCT procedure. The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization supported the proposal. The translations are planned to be promptly prepared and approved in order to unify the interaction with the applicants and to make the work of the offices and the users of the PCT system, working in Russian language, more convenient.

Source: EAPO

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