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(369) Israel Patent Office to Act as an International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary
Examining Authority for International Applications
Received by the USPTO
The Israel Patent Office (ILPO), effective October 1, 2014, 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, provided that: (1) the
applications are submitted in the English language; (2) the ILPO has not
received more than 75 international applications from the USPTO during the
relevant fiscal quarter; (3) the applications do not contain one or more
claims relating to a business method as defined by certain International
Patent Classification classes; and (4) the ILPO is chosen as a competent
authority by the applicants of said applications. The ILPO will also act as
an IPEA if these four requirements are met and the ILPO acted as the ISA.
The USPTO will collect the search fees from the applicants and will
transmit the search fees to the ILPO. The search fee for the ILPO acting as
an ISA for international applications received by the USPTO is $1,021
effective October 1, 2014. Any other fees necessary for search or
examination or incidental thereto will be paid by applicants directly to
the ILPO.
All correspondence between the ILPO 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),1 the Korean Intellectual Property Office, IP
Australia,2 Rospatent, or the ILPO as the ISA or IPEA.
The concluded agreement between the USPTO and the ILPO for the
establishment of the ILPO as an ISA and IPEA follows.
October 8, 2014 MICHELLE K. LEE
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office
1 The use of the EPO is restricted. The EPO will not act as an ISA/IPEA 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 Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as a
PCT Authority, 1255 O.G. 878, Annex A (Feb. 19, 2002).
2 The use of IP Australia is restricted. IP Australia will not act as an
ISA/IPEA 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 System, as indicated in Arrangement between IP Australia and
the United States Patent and Trademark Office Concerning Action of the
Australian Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and
Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation International
Treaty for Certain International Applications Received by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, 1337 O.G. 261, Annex A (Dec. 23, 2008).
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