Patents

PATENTICA professionally assists in prosecuting patent applications before the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO). As a result of smooth and streamline examination procedure handled by the patent attorneys of our firm a Eurasian application transforms into a single Eurasian patent equally enforceable in up to 8 EAPC countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Alternatively we could help in obtaining individual patents in the same countries or neighboring countries that are not parties of the Eurasian Patent Convention such as Georgia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Finally we draft and file a considerable number of PCT applications, which is a popular option for our domestic and international clients, who wish to obtain patent protection in different countries worldwide.

PATENTICA deals with drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications, as well as preparing and registering assignments and licenses, handling appeals and oppositions, and dealing with the renewal of patents. The practitioners in our patents group also have significant experience in attending patent disputes at the administrative institutions, such as Chamber of Patent Disputes of the Russian Patent Office, and represent clients in court cases, including Intellectual Property Court.

PATENTICA participates in technology transfers and offers our clients from academic and research institutions comprehensive help in finding possible investors in their business and qualified advice at every stage, from provisional patent filings to the signing of valuable transfer deeds.