Women’s participation in inventive activity The European Patent Office (EPO) today published an in-depth study on women’s activity as inventors and provides an overview of the inventive activity across, among others, different countries, technology sectors and applicants. We are proud to say that ipQuants under the lead from one of our founders and Chief Data
The European patent industry is excited about the potential of the Unitary Patent System finally getting into force during 2023. One of the big decisions for applicants is what to do with potential grants. Delay or not? Here – see document dated Oct 13th, 2022 – is what seems to be the first request to delay
Two years on, how has the “convergent approach” of the 2020 Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA 2020) impacted Opposition and Examination Appeals at the European Patent Office? How do the pre-2020 and post-2020 data compare? Are there any clear trends? We have studied the data and provide an in-depth review in our
In our ongoing series to highlight how some of the leading European patent law firms put into practice a data-driven approach as well as workflow automation, we sat down with Dr. Paul Loustalan, Partner at Reddie & Grose LLP. Access the case study to learn why Paul arrives at the following conclusion: “I think ipQuants gives an
In a previous blog we reported on how one of the largest IP firms in Europe finds value in our Qthena solution. In our most recent Qthena case study, we spoke to Dr. Eva Willnegger at Montgomery IP to learn how a smaller firm can benefit from our Qthena solution across. “Qthena is certainly at the top in terms
While our subscribers already had access to our ViCo follow-up report since July, we are making our latest findings available to the public today. In our initial study we analysed the impact of ViCo on EPO opposition outcomes. One of our key findings was that a follow-up study is needed to understand the impact under “mandatory ViCo”
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One of Europe’s largest IP law firms – Murgitroyd & Company – improved its strategic counsel, client service quality and business development success by integrating Qthena. By upgrading its IP tech stack, the firm has been able to automate key parts of its workflows, while gaining access to data-based, decision-shaping insights that are helping its clients make
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Videoconference (ViCo) anyone? The mere mention of this term around a group of European patent professionals these days will likely ignite fierce debate, with parties that are strongly for or strongly against the use of ViCo for mandatory oral proceedings at the EPO. There seems to be no middle ground. Of course, the background to
