PCT/National Phase

For foreign applicants patent attorneys of Lexpatent llc render services on all aspects of entering the international application into the national phase in the Republic of Belarus or the regional phase at the Eurasian Patent Office, and of prosecuting the patent applications at these offices.

We usually do the following work related to entering the PCT application into the national phase in the Republic of Belarus or the regional phase at the Eurasian Patent Office, and subsequent prosecuting the application at these offices:

preparing all of the documentation and filing the PCT application materials with the National Center of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Belarus or the Eurasian Patent Office,
providing the applicant with the information on the status of application prosecution,
preparing responses to official actions of the patent office,
monitoring all the procedural time limits,
monitoring the time limits for paying annuities to keep in force patents,
providing the applicant with expert advice on all stages of the application prosecution at the patent office and throughout the entire term of the patent validity.

The documents and particulars required for entry of the international application into the national phase in the Republic of Belarus or the Eurasian regional phase:

the number of the international application or the number of its publication, or a copy of the published international application;
* the full name/designation and address of a person(s) who seeks a patent;
* the full name and country of residence of the inventor (co-inventors);
* the description and claims of the invention;
* the drawings and other materials, if they are necessary for understanding the essence of the invention;
* the abstract;
* the copy of the report of the international preliminary examination (if conducted);
* the copy of the international search report;
the document attesting payment of the prescribed patent fees;
the power of attorney.

* - in case the PCT application has not been published.

Our services also include:

developing and implementing a strategy for the acquisition of legal protection of inventions/utility models in other countries worldwide, including the choice of foreign representatives,
conducting a freedom to operate analysis,
preparing agreements on the grant of rights to use the invention/utility model (licensing agreement), assignment of rights to the patent (agreement on assignment of exclusive rights), and their recordal with the patent authority of the Republic of Belarus or the Eurasian Patent Office,
representing the interests of the client in proceedings before the Appeal Board of the National Center of Intellectual Property, which deal with complaints against the examination decisions, objections made against the grant of the patent,
making conclusions on infringement of invention/utility model patents,
settling disputes related to invention/utility model patent infringement out of court,
representing the interests of the client in proceedings before the Judicial Collegium on Intellectual Property Cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, including complaints against the decisions of the patent authority and disputes in connection with violation of exclusive rights of the patent holder,
representing the interests of the client in administrative and criminal proceedings related to the use of protected industrial property objects.