tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923005810906159036.post2487024063110223445..comments2024-03-27T12:49:05.975+00:00Comments on IP finance: A low patent count portfolio strategy?Anne Fairpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579190868405783459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923005810906159036.post-89558003120882965262010-07-22T07:22:24.897+01:002010-07-22T07:22:24.897+01:00> Rather, the last UK application would appear ...> Rather, the last UK application would appear to have been filed in February 2009.<br /><br />I am not very familiar with the UK IP Office Journal, but could it have to do with the fact that patent applications remain secret until 18 months after the priority date?<br />Then again, how would you be able to notice a patent application filed 17 months ago. Request for early publication? It is an option some of my clients prefer.<br /><br />Alternatively,they could have started filing with the EPO rightaway, given that the obligation to file first in the UK has been abandoned?Japsernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923005810906159036.post-2118547573358592772010-07-21T18:10:33.633+01:002010-07-21T18:10:33.633+01:00Perhaps it’s the end to “never mind the quality fe...Perhaps it’s the end to “never mind the quality feel the width” in the world of patent portfolios? Could it be simply that they have adequately covered all the commercially relevant inventions in their previous patent filings?Nick White Tangible IPnoreply@blogger.com