Comments on: Israel Applies to be PCT International Search Authority http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2009/08/04/israel-applies-to-be-pct-international-search-authority/ Opinionated Intellectual Property News Blog with an Israel Slant Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sammy Katz http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2009/08/04/israel-applies-to-be-pct-international-search-authority/#comment-49804 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:02:16 +0000 http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/?p=1160#comment-49804 “Recently the USPTO have got much better and more efficient at meeting deadlines.”

That’s because they outsource most of their searching now.

]]> By: Carol A. Schneider http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2009/08/04/israel-applies-to-be-pct-international-search-authority/#comment-49740 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:02:24 +0000 http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/?p=1160#comment-49740 In the US, which is an ISR, we can still choose the EPO for searching. It is more expensive, but acts as the initial EPO search once the application goes regional.

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