Any person may submit observations concerning an invention’s patentability before the examination decision is made. These observations must be filed in writing and must include a statement of the grounds, along with the pieces of evidence on which they are based. There is a standard form to this purpose, and this service is free of charge. If the observer has no objection, the observations will be communicated to the patent applicant, who may comment on them.

The person filing the observations is not a party to any official proceedings TIPO undertakes and will not be informed by TIPO about the outcome of the patent grant proceedings.

• Publish Date : 2020-08-26
• Update : 2020-09-14
• Organization : International Legal Affairs Office
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