http://www.prv.se/ http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Espacenet-gets-a-new-look/ The 9 th of May Espacenet’s home page changes its appearance. The Swedish server will be closed down and replaced with an EPO version of a Swedish language interface, which includes the smart search function. With smart search you can search up to twenty keywords (maximum of ten words per bibliographic data). The former search functions will still remain. Furthermore, it is now possible to make... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Espacenet-gets-a-new-look/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:17:56 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Finland-and-Latvia-join-TMview/ Trade marks from the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland and the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia have now been added to the TMview search tool which provides free access to trade mark applications and registrations from a number of leading trade mark offices. The latest expansion of TMview brings the total number of offices contributing data to 19. Besides Finland and... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Finland-and-Latvia-join-TMview/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:44:08 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/World-Intellectual-Property-Day/ Today we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day. The day is an initiative of WIPO to highlight and raise awareness about IP-related issues. This year's theme is Visionary inventors. Read what WIPO's Director General writes in his speech to honor the day. Message from Director General Francis Gurry http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/World-Intellectual-Property-Day/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:33:05 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/New-routines-to-make-validated-European-patents-available-to-the-public/ On April 30, 2012, the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) will enforce new routines to make validated European patents available to the public. As of issue number 21 of the Swedish Patents Gazette, a Swedish publication of a European patent will only include the translations of the patent required to give the European patent effect in Sweden. The only exception to that routine is if t... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/New-routines-to-make-validated-European-patents-available-to-the-public/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:57:41 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Investigation-Proposal-for-national-patents-in-English/ The government appointed investigator Cecilia Renfors has submitted a proposal for national Swedish patent applications to be considered and granted in English by PRV. Patent claims will continue to be translated into Swedish, but the translation will have no direct legal effect in the event that the patent is granted in English. The translation needs only to be submitted to PRV shortly before... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Investigation-Proposal-for-national-patents-in-English/ Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:04:40 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Changes-in-PCT-fees2/ As from 1 April 2012 the fee for an international search under the PCT will be 16 460 SEK. The changed amount also applies to an international search of independent inventions, as well as for supplementary international searches under the PCT. http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Changes-in-PCT-fees2/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:50:22 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/New-course-US-Update-19-20-April/ U.S. Update - Effective Strategies for making the most of the AIA and Supreme Court Changes in U.S. Patent Law The U.S. Patent system is undergoing great reform by recent acts of the U.S. legislative and judicial branches of government. Congress has recently passed the America Invents Act (AIA), an Act which will implement sweeping changes to the core of the U.S. Patent system. We now offer a... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/New-course-US-Update-19-20-April/ Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:23:20 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Important-warning------Misleading-references-to-the-Swedish-Patent-and-Registration-Office/ IMPORTANT WARNING - Misleading references to the Swedish Patent and Registration Office relating to offers for domain name registration. Users in Sweden and Europe have reported of unsolicited e-mail and phone calls from companies offering domain name registrations. The offers have been presented together with references to “collaboration” with the Swedish Patent and Registration Office. Please... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Important-warning------Misleading-references-to-the-Swedish-Patent-and-Registration-Office/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:17:30 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Access-to-the-Swedish-Patent-Database-via-the-WIPO-IPC-web-service/ The International Patent Classification (IPC) subdivides all the world’s technology into some 70,000 groups. All entries in the IPC are now directly linked to the Swedish Patent Database. Try this example You will find the IPC group for air-bags in steering wheels of vehicles here . If you click the little arrow icon to the left of the classification symbol a pop-up window will be displayed.... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Access-to-the-Swedish-Patent-Database-via-the-WIPO-IPC-web-service/ Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:42:04 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Praktika-Intern-2012/ The European Patent Academy organises an internship programme "Praktika Intern 2012" for patent professionals - European patent attorneys and candidates preparing for the European qualifying examination (EQE). For the first time this year, we offer an additional module for those at the very beginning of their professional career. Please find below some information regarding the internship... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Praktika-Intern-2012/ Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:23:22 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Raised-individual-fees-for-Madrid-designations/ Increased individual fees for trademark registrations in which Sweden has been designated under the Madrid Protocol. As of February 21, 2012, charges for Sweden to be: Designation fee (in the international application or subsequently) - for one class of goods or services: 1,900 SEK - for each additional class: 900 SEK Renewal fee - for one class of goods or services: 1,600 SEK - for each... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Raised-individual-fees-for-Madrid-designations/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:01:38 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Change-of-equivalent-amount-for-an-international-search-in-PCT-applications/ As from 1 April 2012 the fee for an international search under the PCT will be 16 460 SEK. The changed amount also applies to an international search of independent inventions, as well as for supplementary international searches under the PCT. http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Change-of-equivalent-amount-for-an-international-search-in-PCT-applications/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:31:07 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Sweden-joins-TMView/ The Swedish Trademark Database is now connected to TMView, a free of charge international search engine allowing users to search for existing trademarks. The project TMView aims to bring together national offices, OHIM and WIPO databases into a joint search engine. This will eventually cover all European trademark authorities' registers. Anyone can easily verify whether a potential trademark is... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Sweden-joins-TMView/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:21:15 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Three-new-members-to-the-PRVs-Advisory-Council/ On 22 December, the government decided to appoint three new members to the PRV's advisory council. Advisory Council members Susanne Ås Sivborg, Director-General of PRV Ann-Charlotte Söderlund, Lawyer Bert Junno, Executive Director Magnus Hallin, Executive Director Christina Wainikka, Juris Doctor Ulf Petrusson, Professor Hanns Hallesius, Head of IP The new members are Hanns Hallesius, Head of I... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Three-new-members-to-the-PRVs-Advisory-Council/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:46:12 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Did-you-miss-the-seminar-on-PPH/ We have now made available the presentations from the seminar on PPH, held on 30th November at PRV. At the seminar, Charles Eloshway (USPTO) and Toshinao Yamazaki (JPO/JETRO) gave their respective views on the benefits of PPH. Herman Phalén (PRV) also discussed how the PPH system can be used by Swedish applicants. PCT - Patent Prosecution Highway http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Did-you-miss-the-seminar-on-PPH/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:53:27 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Priority-Document-Access-Service-PDAS/ Priority Document Access Service is a voluntary service established and administered by the International Bureau of WIPO. It enables a patent applicant claiming priority from an earlier application to rely on a copy of the priority document held in, or accessible via, the service, rather than having to provide a certified copy separately to each patent office with which a patent application... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Priority-Document-Access-Service-PDAS/ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:10:59 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Internet-is-changing--how-to-apply-for-a-new-top-level-domain/ On 20 June 2011, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, approved a plan to change the Internet’s domain name system and allow new generic top-level domains (gTLD). Today, 22 different generic names like .com, .org, .net are used, but after the change companies and organisations will be able to apply for their own top-level domain. Applications are accepted from 12 Janua... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Internet-is-changing--how-to-apply-for-a-new-top-level-domain/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:32:58 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Modernised-Swedish-Trademark-Application/ On 1 December, we introduce an updated version of the online service Swedish Trademark Application. We have listened to our customers' requests and have made the following improvements: - Possibility to sign your application with e-ID. - Extended payment options through direct payment in the bank. For our larger customers, we have also introduced the option to pay via PRV Deposit Account. -... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Modernised-Swedish-Trademark-Application/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:07:20 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Welcome-to-our-seminar-on-Patent-Prosecution-Highway-and-America-Invents-Act/ In collaboration with the USPTO and JPO, PRV will arrange an afternoon seminar on the 30 November about the Patent Prosecution Highway agreement for PCT applications and America Invents Act. We have invited Charles Eloshway from the USPTO and Toshinao Yamazaki from JETRO, representing the JPO to discuss these matters. Susanne Ås Sivborg, Director General, and Herman Phalén, Head Patent Processe... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Welcome-to-our-seminar-on-Patent-Prosecution-Highway-and-America-Invents-Act/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:53:33 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Changes-in-PCT-fees/ Change of equivalent amounts for PCT applications filed to the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), as from 1 October 2011: International filing fee when the PCT application contains no more than 30 pages: 10 240 SEK Additional fee for each sheet more than 30: 120 SEK Fee reduction when the PCT application is filed using PCT-EASY software: 770 SEK Fee reduction when the PCT application... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Changes-in-PCT-fees/ Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:22:54 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Cleantech-for-the-Baltic-Sea/ PRV presents Sea of Inventions, a website containing information on cleantech with focus on tha Baltic Sea. The website contains a database with more than 18.000 inventions relevant to the environmental state of the Baltic Sea. Starting today, you are able to search 47 categories of technology and download technical information on inventions, inventors’ contact details, statistics, among other... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Cleantech-for-the-Baltic-Sea/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:52:08 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Limited-opening-hours/ We have limited opening hours of our customer service on 20 and 21 September, with special hours: 20 September: 8.00 to 11.00 (open) 21 September: 14.00 to 16.40 (open) This means that Customer service will not be able to help our customers at other times during these two days. For individual cases, contact the PRV switchboard on telephone: +46 8 782 25 00. Contact us http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Limited-opening-hours/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:49:42 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/PRV-extends-its-opening-hours/ From 15 September we have open from 8.00-16.40. (Winter opening hours) Contact us   http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/PRV-extends-its-opening-hours/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:48:26 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Changes-in-PCT-fees1/ Change of equivalent amounts for PCT applications filed to the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), as from 1 October 2011: International filing fee when the PCT application contains no more than 30 pages: 10 240 SEK Additional fee for each sheet more than 30: 120 SEK Fee reduction when the PCT application is filed using PCT-EASY software: 770 SEK Fee reduction when the PCT application... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Changes-in-PCT-fees1/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:45:27 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Industry-wants-a-European-patent-court/ At the beginning of the summer, the EU Presidency made a proposal for a common European patent court. The Justice Department referred the proposal for consideration and the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), among others, has now given its response. The court is in demand from industry and the aim is for, not least, small and medium enterprises to have access to a uniform judicial... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Industry-wants-a-European-patent-court/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:46:48 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Two-new-online-services-by-eOLF-in-PCT-applications/ Now it is possible to submit Demand electronically by the form "PCT-DEMAND" and submit all types of subsequently filed documents in PCT applications electronically by the form "PCT-SFD". The two new forms "PCT-DEMAND" and "PCT-SFD" are available to our customers via “LiveUpdate” and can also be downloaded from the EPO website. For those who have not previously used the eOLF program, further... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Two-new-online-services-by-eOLF-in-PCT-applications/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:41:24 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Changed-fee-within-the-field-of-trademarks/ Fee for application for permission to use a Swedish official designation has been changed. Since 1 April the new fee is 1350 SEK. The reason for the fee increase is that the fee regulation has been changed, see SFS 2011:216. Fees and payment - Trademarks http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Changed-fee-within-the-field-of-trademarks/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:42:41 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Swedish-patents-granted-in-English/ The Swedish Government is reviewing the possibility to file patent applications in English. A special investigator has been appointed to decide whether it should be possible to get Swedish patents granted in English. This would mean simplification and cost savings for businesses and make it more attractive to apply for national Swedish patent. Government Offices of Sweden http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Swedish-patents-granted-in-English/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:40:07 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Delivery-times-during-summer/ During summer, the delivery times for our consultancy services within patents, trademarks and industrial designs may be affected. We will, of course, do our best to keep to the stated delivery times. However, in those cases when that will not be possible, clients will be contacted the same day as PRV InterPat receives their requests. Our services with Express delivery are most likely to be... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Delivery-times-during-summer/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:38:38 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Amendments-to-the-PCTs-rules/ From July 1 2011 there will be some changes to the PCT's system of rules which are now published on the WIPO's website. Do you have questions? Please contact the Patent Department's lawyers at PRV. WIPO:s website http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Amendments-to-the-PCTs-rules/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:37:17 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Updated-version-of-the-Swedish-Patent-Database/ At the end of June PRV is launching a new improved version of the Swedish Patent Database . Most of the notifications that have previously been published in the Swedish Patent Gazette, will now be searchable in the Swedish Patent Database. Types of notification included are for example: issued patents, rejected oppositions, revoked patents, issued European patents, and Granted SPC´s. The search... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Updated-version-of-the-Swedish-Patent-Database/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:36:15 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Important-update-relating-to-the-eOLF-client/ There is now a patch available for eOLF that solves a problem with the calculation of pages in the fee calculation page. We kindly ask all clients using the eOLF software to install this patch. The patch can be downloaded from EPOs homepage If you have any questions relating to this, please contact Erik Lundell ++4687822815 http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Important-update-relating-to-the-eOLF-client/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:34:37 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/3-June/ On the 3rd of June PRV is open from 8-12 pm. The library is closed for visitors. http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/3-June/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:32:24 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Amended-regulations-concerning-public-information-in-patent-applications/ In patentapplications filed to PRV from 1 July 2011, information concerning the title and classification of the invention and the name and address of the inventor, will not be public until the whole patent application becomes public, which normally happens 18 months from the filing date. http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Amended-regulations-concerning-public-information-in-patent-applications/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:30:10 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Amendment-of-the-Patent-Act-regarding-new-medical-uses/ 1 July 2011,  an amendment to § 2 Patent Act enters into force, which means that the possibility of granting patents for new medical uses of per se known substances will be expressly stated. The possibility of patenting  so-called subsequent medical indications already exists in Sweden, and the constitutional amendment is the sole purpose of clarification, as part of harmonization efforts in... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Amendment-of-the-Patent-Act-regarding-new-medical-uses/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:28:35 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Patent-Prosecution-Highway/ A new cooperation between patent offices in Sweden, the US and Japan provides Swedish and other Nordic companies with a means of significantly accelerating the processing of their international patent applications in the national phase. This bilateral agreement is called the Patent Cooperation Treaty-Patent Prosecution Highway (PCT-PPH). - By entering into these bilateral agreements, the risk o... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Patent-Prosecution-Highway/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:27:16 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/New-Trademarks-Act-on-1-July-2011/ Here are the answers to some common questions about the new Trademarks Act: Why has a new Trademarks Act been passed? The new Act makes it possible for Sweden to enter the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks from 2006. There was also a need to systematically and structurally modernize the old law, which was from the 1960s, to incorporate the development that has since taken place in the... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/New-Trademarks-Act-on-1-July-2011/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:25:48 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Summer-opening-hours/ PRV has different summer and winter opening hours.  From May 15 we have open from 8.00-16.00. Summer and winter opening hours: Summer: 15 May to 14 September, 8.00-16.00 Winter: 15 September to 14 May, 8.00-16.40 http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Summer-opening-hours/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:09:30 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Active-development-of-the-patent-classification-systems/ At the new year the biggest changes in the International Patent Classification system since the 2006 IPC Reform were implemented. The most important was the abolition of the core level of the IPC, which was replaced with an option for offices to classify only to main group level, instead of using the entire system. There are several other developments in the field of patent classification: CHC... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Active-development-of-the-patent-classification-systems/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:06:34 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/New-website/ Our website prv.se has got a new design and partially new content. Here is a selection of what is new: - Special entry for IP Professionals - Special entry to more knowledge about intellectual property rights - IP Indicator, self test for SMEs regarding IP strategies - PRV in the press and media - a resource for journalists - Video clips - Images - New articles - New design - Improved navigatio... http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/New-website/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:03:01 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/April-21/ Our opening hours are as follows April 21: Main switchboard 8.00-14.00 Customer service 8.00-14.00 Patent support 8.00-14.00 Library 10.00-14.00 PRV InterPat 8.00-14.00 Receptions in Stockholm and Söderhamn 8.00-14.00 http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/April-21/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:51:16 GMT http://www.prv.se/en/About-us/News/Newsletter/ Read the latest newsletter Subscription A subscription to our newsletter by email means you get the latest news on what is happening in our different operational areas. 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