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Attorney Published Article

Report on the Patent Cooperation Treaty Working Group and Assembly 2021

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The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group held its 14th session from June 14 to 17, 2021. Patent attorney Mary Drabnis (Baton Rouge) co-authored a summary report in the March 2022 edition of the AIPPI newsletter. Some of the key themes and topics that were discussed included:

  • General Disruptions – New Provisions
  • New Sequence Listing Standard
  • Proposed Adoption of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) into the PCT
  • Collaborative Search and Examination Pilot
  • Certified Copies
  • PCT Applications in XML

Read the full report here.

The AIPPI is the world’s leading non-profit association dedicated to the development and improvement of laws for the protection of intellectual property. It is a politically neutral, non-profit organization, based in Switzerland with over 8000 members worldwide from 131 countries.

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