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(400) The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents &
Trademarks of Russia to Act as International Searching
Authority and International Preliminary Examining
Authority for International Applications Received by
the United States Patent and Trademark Office
The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia (Rospatent), effective January 10, 2012, may act as an International
Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority
(IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for international
applications filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
as a Receiving Office (RO/US), provided that the applications are submitted
in the English language and Rospatent is chosen as a competent authority by
the applicants of said applications.
The USPTO will collect the search fees from the applicants, and will
transmit the search fees to Rospatent. The search fee for Rospatent acting as
an ISA for international applications received by the USPTO is $415 effective
January 10, 2012.1 Any other fees necessary for search or examination or
incidental thereto will be paid by applicants directly to Rospatent.
All correspondence between Rospatent and the USPTO or the applicants will
be in English.
With this addition, U.S. applicants may now elect the USPTO, the European
Patent Office (EPO)2, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, IP Australia3,
or Rospatent as the ISA or IPEA.
The concluded agreement between the USPTO and Rospatent for the
establishment of Rospatent as an International Searching Authority and
International Preliminary Examining Authority follows.
April 11, 2012 MARGARET A. FOCARINO
Commissioner for Patents
1 The search fee will increase to $453 effective June 1, 2012.
2 The use of the EPO is restricted. The EPO will not act as an ISA for
applications with one or more claims directed to a business method. For
the definition of what the EPO considers to be precluded subject matter
in the field of business methods, see PCT Applicant's Guide, Annexes D(EP),
E(EP) and the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) dated May 6, 2010, page 94
(http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/official_notices/index.html). The EPO will act
as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.
3 The use of IP Australia is restricted. IP Australia will not act as an ISA
for applications with one or more claims directed to the fields of business
methods or mechanical engineering or analogous fields of technology as
defined by specified areas of the International Patent Classification
the Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008, in Annex A to
the agreement between the USPTO and IP Australia. IP Australia will act as
an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.
[1378 OG 162]
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