Intellectual Property Law

Chapter 21 Internet Resources Solutions

1. Access the USPTO website and locate information relating to the PCT.

a. Locate PCT forms for the national stage (for PCT applications filed after
March 16, 2013), and access the Transmittal Letter to the United States
(acting as a Designated Elected Office). What does Item 4 allege or
provide?
Item 4 provides that an oath or declaration of inventor is
attached to the form or was previously filed.

b. What is the preliminary examination fee if the United States is an
international search authority?
The fee is $600/$300/$150 for a regular entity, small entity, and
micro entity, respectively.

2. Access the USPTO database and locate Patent No. 9,018,441. What is the
invention?
The invention is for a hairless NOD (non-obese diabetic) scid mouse
(useful for biomedical research).

3. Access the website of WIPO. Review information about the PCT.

a. When did the PCT enter into force for Israel?
The PCT entered into force for Israel on June 1, 1996.

b. Access the PCT Time Limit Calculator. Enter the date March 2, 2016, and
give the earliest date for international publication for an application filed
on March 2, 2016.
The earliest publication date is September 7, 2017.

c. Access the PCT Glossary. What is the definition of “international search”?
“The objective of the international search is to discover
relevant prior art and to establish an international search
report and a written opinion of the International Searching
Authority that carries out the search.”

d. Access WIPO’s patent search database called Patentscope and locate the
2015 PCT application filed for an authentication mechanism in which the
inventor was Michael Ducker. When was the application filed, when was
it published, and who was the actual applicant?
The application was filed on April 29, 2015. It was published
on November 5, 2015, and the applicant was Twitter, Inc.

4. Access North Carolina’s statutes. Review North Carolina General Statute § 75-
141. Briefly, what does § 75-141(a)(6) discuss?
“Abusive patent litigation, and especially the assertion of bad-faith
infringement claims, can harm North Carolina companies. A business
that receives a letter asserting such claims faces the threat of
expensive and protracted litigation and may feel that it has no choice
but to settle and to pay a licensing fee even if the claim is meritless.
This is especially so for small- and medium-sized companies and
nonprofits that lack the resources to investigate and defend
themselves against infringement claims.”