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【Global News】Substantial increase in patent applications for technology of clean hydrogen fuel cell
2025-05-06Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released a report on Hydrogen fuel cells in transportation, which provides insights into patent activities and covers online news, press releases, and information on the financial reports of companies in the field of hydrogen fuel cells i -
【Global News】New standard for presenting biological patent sequence listings in New Zealand
2025-05-06Based on the provisions of WIPO Standard ST.26, all Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications which include biological sequence listings to be filed electronically in extensible markup language (XML) format, and it will be fully implemented as of July 1, 2022.As the Receiving Office of WIPO, the -
【Global News】Is the cepharanthine patent anti-coronavirus or anti-pangolin coronavirus? —Notes on new test models in patent applications
2025-05-06On May 10, 2022, the CNIPA approved and disclosed a patent case: "Pangolin coronavirus xCOV and its application and the application of drugs against coronavirus infection" (Publication No. CN113046327B, hereinafter referred to as Patent No. 327), there is only one approved claim: the use of cepharan -
【Global News】Iraq: All Aboard the PCT Train: Applications Started Designating IQ
2025-05-06As of May 1, 2022, PCT applications started designating Iraq (IQ) for national entry phase. To date, Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC) has not issued new guidance on PCT-based filings and prosecution.Under the Convention filings, applications are required to includ -
【Global News】Introduction to the EPO's Handling Process for Flaws of Sequence Listings Related to the WIPO ST.26 Standard (Pt.2)
2025-05-06PCT international applications:Article 4 of the Measures for Submitting Sequence Listings stipulates that if a PCT international application discloses a nucleotide or amino acid sequence, when the EPO acts as the International Searching Authority (ISA) and the Supplementary International Searching A