Übersetzung für "Prüfungsbescheid" in Englisch

This is very helpful before the examiner issues a formal report.

He also filed observations in response to the earlier communication from the Examining Division and submitted amended application documents.

When is the first office action usually issued in India?

This opinion corresponds either to the first examination communication, addressing all the objections to granting the patent, or to a positive statement in favour of patenting.

The search report is issued together with a first Office Action, in the latter the opinion of the examiner with regard to the invention laid down in the application is summarised.

Thus there is clearly a prescribed order for the two actions of the IPEA, first the examiner's opinion and then the invitation pursuant to Rule 68.2 PCT.

Moreover, since he has the right under Rule 51(1) EPC to comment on the European search report at that stage, he can expect to receive the Examining Division's response to his comments in the first communication, which can be to his advantage because of his right to submit amendments with his reply to that communicaton (Rule 86(3) EPC).

According to such changes, divisional applications can no longer be filed at any time until the conclusion of the examination procedure, but can be filed only in a rather narrow time interval (within 24 months after a first Office Action for the first application).

The time to get the first examination report, varies greatly, but normally this should be after 6 to 9 months to be the case if no foreign priority is claimed.

When accelerated examination is requested, the Office makes every effort to issue the first examination communication within three months of receipt by the examining division of the application, the applicant's response under Rule 70a or 161(1) EPC or the request for accelerated examination (whichever is later).

You then have the opportunity to respond within in a time limit fixed in the office action and to correct the deficiencies.

As in the past, PACE enables applicants who want their applications processed rapidly to obtain the European search report plus opinion under Rule 62(1) EPC, the first examination report and any communication under Rule71(3) EPC within tight deadlines.

You should comply with all the legal requirements and meet all the objections put forward in the First Examination Report (FER) as soon as possible.

Each Office Action requires a response that must be received by the PTO no later than six (6) months after it is issued.

In T 1388/10 the appellant argued that the refusal of its application had been flawed because refusal directly after a first examining communication was allowed only if the applicant failed to make a "bona fide" response to that communication, whereas in the present case it had indeed made a "bona fide" attempt to overcome the examining division's objections.

This is evidently meant to give the applicant an opportunity to put forward arguments or amendments in response to the objection substantiated in the examiner's first opinion before being forced to decide on potentially far-reaching consequences of the alleged lack of unity.

In a communication from the Examining Division under Article 96(2) EPC, the applicants' representative was given four months within which to file observations.

If I do not withdraw my application, when may I expect the first communication in examination from the EPO?

As in fact happens in EPO practice, cases in which a time-limit extension has been refused are therefore to be treated in the same way as where the communication from the Examining Division under Article 96(2) EPC either has not been answered or has been answered late.