The Invention/Application

copyright 1997, 1998 Donald M. Cameron, Aird & Berlis

Cameron's Canadian Patent & Trade Secrets Law: Home Page; Index

Table of Contents

• The Paris Convention

Preparing and Filing a Patent Application

• Inventor’s Questionnaire
• Patentability Searches
• Filing the Application
  • A Complete Application

Examination of the Patent Application

• The Request for Examination
• The Examination Process
• Disclosure of Information to the Examiner
• Advancement of the Application
• The "Office Action"

• Amendments to the Application

• introduction
• adding or subtracting applicants
• amendments to drawings
• dividing subject matter
• adding subject matter: supplementary disclosures
• amendments after allowance

• laying open the application
• Protests
• Conflict Proceedings
• Final Rejection and Rights of Appeal
• The Approval of the patent application
• Issuance of the Patent

Re-examination

• step 1: raising a question
• step 2. the re-examination
• step 3. the certificate of re-examination

Reissue of Patents

Disclaimers