{"id":68667,"date":"2020-04-28T09:32:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T04:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/?p=68667"},"modified":"2025-06-30T11:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:05:20","slug":"wipo-indian-patent-office-news-e-pct-version-4-7-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wipo-indian-patent-office-news-e-pct-version-4-7-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"IPO Postpones WIPO-Indian Summer School, WIPO Releases New e-PCT &#8211; version 4.7 And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In this week\u2019s Patent News \u2013 WIPO releases new e-PCT &#8211; version 4.7; IPO postpones WIPO-Indian Summer School until further notice; IPO issues notice containing list of withdrawn patent applications\u00a0and other news updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">INDIAN PATENT NEWS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>IPO postpones WIPO-Indian Summer School until further notice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Patent Office has indefinitely postponed the WIPO-India Summer School<\/span> that was previously scheduled to be held between 1<sup>st<\/sup> June and 12<sup>th<\/sup> June 2020. The official notice also states that new dates will be intimated once they have been finalized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">You may click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipindia.nic.in\/newsdetail.htm?676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to access the official notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">IPO postpones IP Innovation Gallery at RGNIIPM<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">According to a public notice issued on 20<sup>th<\/sup> April 2020, the Indian Patent Office has indefinitely postponed the establishment of the IP Innovation Gallery at RGNIIPM, Nagpur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">You may click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipindia.nic.in\/newsdetail.htm?678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to access the official notification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">IPO issues notice containing list of withdrawn patent applications\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Indian Patent Office has published a notice consisting of all patent applications that have been withdrawn through Form 29 between the period of January and March<\/span> 2020. According to the document published on 21<sup>st<\/sup> April <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2020, 736 applications have been withdrawn in the aforementioned period. You may click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipindia.nic.in\/writereaddata\/Portal\/News\/677_1_WITHDRAWL_OF_PATENT_APPLICATIONS__FORM_29__AND_FEES_REFUNDED_DURING_January__2020_to_March__2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to access the complete list.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>IBM offers free access to over 80,000 patents to fight the COVID-19 pandemic<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In a bid to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, IBM has offered free access to its entire global patent portfolio comprising of more than 80,000 patent applications as well as those patents that are specifically useful to fight the Novel Coronavirus. The Director of IBM Research India, Gargi Dasgupta said that the free access is applicable to a number of AI patents and U.S patents related to biological viruses. The Director has also said that all researchers, scientists, technologists and officials working to diagnose, prevent, contain, and treat a novel coronavirus can access the patents.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">INTERNATIONAL PATENT NEWS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>WIPO releases new e-PCT &#8211; version 4.7 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">On 21<sup>st<\/sup> April 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released a new version of the e-PCT with enhanced features and improvements. According to the e-PCT v4.7 Release Note, the latest version of the e-PCT provides a new e-PCT Office Action, to request documents from the IB for National Phase applications. The all new feature titled \u201cRequest outstanding documents\u201d generates a form called \u201cDocument request from Authorities.\u201d This request is directly submitted to the IB for obtaining documents that are not already available on the e-PCT portal or Patentscope. Further, v4.7 has made improvements to forms such as ISA\/203, ISA\/206, ISA\/210 and ISA\/237. A new from, namely, ISA\/212 titled \u201cNotification of Decision of Protest\u201d has also been implemented as an e-PCT ISA Office Action. In addition to the above, certain other changes include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Improvements to applicant fee calculation and payment features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Applicants may receive a new e-PCT notification for the time limit to upload priority documents;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Applicants have access to perform some e-PCT Actions when the international application is in RO Phase and not yet transmitted to the IB. The applicant can submit translations, declarations and power of attorney.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">You may click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/export\/sites\/www\/pct\/en\/epct\/pdf\/old\/whats_new_4.7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for more information on the new e-PCT v4.7.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>IP Australia releases 8<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the Australian Intellectual Property (IP) Report<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">IP Australia released the 8<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the Australian Intellectual Property (IP) Report on 24<sup>th<\/sup> April 2020 with the theme \u2013 Digital Economy. According to the Report, businesses that hold IPR have proved to have lived 5 years longer when compared to those that do not hold these rights. They have also shown to have made four times the amount of profits in comparison to companies that do not hold patents and trademarks. The Report further states that the IP office has witnessed a reduction in the number of applications filed in 2019 when compared to 2018. China, U.S.A, Japan, Germany and U.K have been recognized as the top 5 countries of origin of patent applications. Further, an increased amount of activity in the field of Designs has been observed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">You may click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipaustralia.gov.au\/about-us\/news-and-community\/news\/australian-intellectual-property-report-2020-now-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>Authored and compiled by Vibha Amarnath<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>If you have any questions, or need any clarifications, please feel free to write to\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:contact@bananaip.com\">contact@bananaip.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Disclaimer<\/em><em>: Kindly note that the news bulletin has been put together from different sources, primary and secondary, and BananaIP\u2019s reporters may not have verified all the news published in the bulletin. You may write to\u00a0contact@bananaip.com\u00a0for corrections and take down.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Patent Office has postponed the WIPO-Indian Summer School and IP Innovation Gallery due to COVID-19. 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