This decision is in response to a request to correct a faulty reporting that a registered design had lapsed due to a computer mistake at the Patent Office. The problem is that the Commissioner has no authority to reinstate lapsed… Read More ›
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When a patent application goes abandoned due to a misunderstanding between Attorney and Applicant
This case relates to a request to revive an abandoned Application, where the Agent of Record was under the impression that he was instructed to abandon, and thus failed to respond to the office action and to the Notice of… Read More ›
Can a Knowingly Abandoned Patent Application be Reinstated?
IL 206845 to BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Inc. was refused under Section 21a of the Israel Patent Law 1967. The patent application was the national phase of a PCT application submitted on 6 January 2009. The national phase entry was submitted on 6 July… Read More ›
Reviving an Inflatable Refrigerator…
Israel Patent Number 190365 to Abraham Klanss titled “Inflatable Refrigerator and Freezer” lapsed due to failure to pay the second renewal. The Application was submitted on 23 March 2008, and so the deadline for paying the second renewal for years… Read More ›
Israel Patent Office Denies Request to Reinstate Abandoned Patent Application
When Israel patent applications are examined, not always a patent issues. Sometimes a final rejection issues where the Examiner is not persuaded that the Application has merit. More frequently, the Applicant loses interest or runs out of funds and does… Read More ›
Israel Patent Lapses, But Patent Office Remiss For Not Sending Out Patent Certificate
The first renewal of IL 206744 to Bet El Zichron Yaakov Industries LTD was due within three months of it issuing. As it issued on 1 May 2016, the renewal was due on 1August 2016 (see Section 56 of the… Read More ›
Reinstatement of IL 122846 to Tyco Fire and Security rejected
The fourth renewal of Israel Patent No. 122846 to Tyco Fire & Security was not paid by the deadline of 4 January 2012. A request for reinstatement together with an affidavit was submitted on 9 November 2016, following an earlier… Read More ›
IL 221116 – Extending the Period for Reconsideration of a Refused Patent
Israel Patent Application No. IL 22116 titled “Mouth Cleaner” was applied for by Yaakov Dichtenberg and Danny Unger who is also a patent attorney. The Application was rejected. Under Section 21a and 164a of the Israel Patent Law 1967, within… Read More ›
Revival of IL 132540 Opposed
Back in June 2015 we reported that an attempt by the patentee Yehuda Tsabari to revive Israel Patent Number IL 132540 titled “A method and System for Direct Transfer of Funds via Magnetic Cards” and covers using credit / debit cards… Read More ›
Revival of IL 211245 to Neurovision Imaging Inc.
IL 211245 to Neurovision Imaging Inc. issued on 1 December 2014 but the Applicant failed to pay the first renewal that was due within three months, by 1 March 2015. After the grace period passed the patent lapsed on 1 September… Read More ›