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In 2021, I started posting my random patent attorney thoughts on LinkedIn. Since it is not easy to find old posts there, I decided to publish them here on my website too.
Fee quotations
Attorneys are supposed to do what is best for their clients, right? It might be because I am a Millennial, but I cannot understand how most of the fee quotations I see on a daily basis serve the clients…
EP patents without professional representatives
You seem to enjoy the interesting patent statistics I've recently shared, so here we go again. Out of 140000 granted European patent documents, we have found 6150 patents…
4 months left til the EQE
There are 4 months left until EQE 2022.😱Time flies fast, with our small D1 study group we have already discussed 65 D1 questions…
How to be a good external counsel?
Would you like to improve your relationship with outside counsel? I prepared a list of the things that you can do…
Geographical Indications
This is a summary about Geographical Indication and its types, illustrated with some images.
Urgent? Really?
What do we attorneys think of the word urgent? Could clients and outside counsel plan better?
Patent statistics (no inventor)
You seem to enjoy the interesting patent statistics I've recently shared, so here we go again. Out of 140000 granted European patent documents, we have found 5 patents not having inventors. Yes, only 5 patents…
Pastéis de Belém
Is it a patent attorney thing to visit the patent office of a city you're visiting? I went to see INPI, the Portuguese Patent Office located at the riverside in central Lisbon. I admit, this isn't the most important place to visit in Portugal…
Interesting patent statistics
When testing our validation platform with about 150.000 granted European patent documents, we have saved the two most extreme patents…
Finding the method that works the best for you
Do you run? Are you a morning person? Do you meditate every day LinkedIn posts and self-help books tend to suggest that successful people run 5 times a week, get up at 5:00 (or earlier), don't watch any TV shows…
Patent statistics (B2, B3 documents)
The IT team behind our validation platform (passport.pintz.com) has recently checked a huge amount of EPO patent data in order to improve our service, and they found some very interesting statistics…
Anniversary of my EQE blog
I don't necessarily agree with always pushing ourselves outside the comfort zone. We cannot spend too much time outside our comfort zone, because…
Lack of support for the EQE from employers
Recently, I've been in touch with many, many EQE candidates regarding tutoring for the EQE. The number of candidates informing me that they don't receive any kind of support from their employers for the EQE is seriously disturbing…
What is success?
Isn't it thought-provoking that everyone wants to be successful but everyone has a different definition of success? For some, success means being a good parent/friend/lover/mentor, for some it means…
EQE Paper D study tip
Are you preparing for Paper D? I have an important tip for you that you won't like. Start with PCT! In 2021, Paper D1 had two PCT questions…
Educational content: Further processing
Further processing can be requested if the European patent application is refused or deemed to be withdrawn following failure to reply within a time limit before the EPO. It is a simple and useful procedure to revive the application. What you should not forget…
EQE study group
As a child, I hated when shops started their "Back to school" campaigns in middle of August when we still had 2 weeks to enjoy our summer holiday…
Patent basics
Coffee break thoughts: What would you tell someone who doesn't know a lot about patents? I collected the following 10 simple rules…
Educational content: Extending time limits before the EPO
While there are no real options to slow down the European patenting procedure, there is an option to extend certain time limits. I have summarised the details in a pdf…