PROSECUTION
- drafting of a patent or utility model application (description, claims, drawings)
- filing the patent, utility model application or the request for supplementary protection certificate (SPC) and handling of the procedures until the protection title is obtained:
– with the ROPTO (Romanian State Office for Patents and Trademarks)
– with the EPO (European Patent Office)
– with the WIPO/IB (World Intellectual Property Organization/International Bureau) - enter the national phase of a PCT application:
– in front of ROPTO (Romanian national phase)
– in front of EPO (European regional phase)
- assistance and representation in patent and SPC revocation/opposition proceedings or appeal of an Office decision
- re-establishment of rights, in proceedings before ROPTO or EPO
- representation in all other countries via our partners
OPINIONS
- general advice regarding patent or utility model protection
- documentary searches on the state-of-the art with respect to an invention
- opinion concerning the fulfillment of the patentability criteria
- searches on the holder’s patent portfolio
- searches on the equivalents of a patent in other countries
- assessment of the counterfeiting risk (Freedom-to-Operate)
LITIGATION
- assistance and representation in patent infringement and validity proceedings
VALIDATION OF EUROPEAN PATENTS
- validation of granted European patents in Romania and Moldova
- provisional protection for a European patent application
RENEWAL AND RECORDAL OF CHANGES IN THE JURIDICAL STATUS
- registration of changes in the juridical status (change of the owner, change of name or owner address)
- renewal fees for patents or other titles
- reinstatement of the patent, after a loss of rights due to non-payment of the annuity fee
