Formal check
When your application is filed to PRV, we check that it meets certain formal requirements.
As soon as your Swedish patent application is filed to PRV, we start the handling process. When we process your application, we do both a formal check and a technical examination through searches.
When your application is filed to PRV, we check that it meets certain formal requirements.
Once we have completed the formal review of your application, the technical review will begin.
From the date of submission, certain information in your application will be public.
A technical notice is a technical opinion that we send to you. In the notice, the patent engineer lists the obstacles to grant your patent, which were found during the search.
Your reply When replying to a notice, you should reply in writing. respond only regarding the...
This applies to national applications, but corresponding quality-assurance measures are also implemented in the processing of international patent applications (PCT).
The patent process is governed by regulations. Our assessment of patentability is harmonized with the practice of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
If we consider the invention not patentable, we will reject your application.