Letzte Rated Patent Exchange Weblog News RPE has inspired competitors A similar approach to the commercialization of patent assets is now available from the US: www.otpba.... New Article about RPE RPE was featured in the recent issue of IAM-Magazine in an article with the title ... Meet RPE at the European Patent Forum and Patinnova 07 The European Patent Forum and PATINNOVA 07 including the gala and awards ceremony for the Inventor of the Year take place on 18 and 19 April in Munich. Use this opportunity to meet RPE. Contact us so that arrange a meeting with one of our consultants on-site. We look forward to seeing you soon! ... Patent for Pet Food Supplement Offered A valuable US patent is on the RPE marketplace. The invention relates to a shelf stable pet food supplement which is accepted by pets such as cats and dogs. The product may be distributed in pet food departments without cooling. Inventive products have been introduced under the trademarks Dogurt and Yocat in in Europe (DE, [...]... The Age of Brains Pieter Hintjens, the president of the FFII, is the author of this remarkable quote: “The day when I, as the owner of a tiny software company, seek to buy patents like I buy domain names and trademarks, will be the day that the patent system has finally made the jump from the age of steel to [...]... Sleeping Patents According to the closing remarks at public hearing on future patent policy, Commissioner Charlie McCreevy stated that small firms use 80% of their patents, whereas large firms use slightly less than 60% of their patents. Since large firms hold almost threequarters of all the patents, in absolute terms their sleeping patents make up a significant [...]... An RPE Manifesto We believe that published innovation without protection is harmful to society when substantial investment is necessary to bring the innovation to the market. Without the possibility of protecting the investment, society will not benefit from the innovation since investors will have no incentive to invest. Since innovation does not necessarily coincide with financial resources, projects [...]... “What are patents actually worth?” In a recent study, the European Commission summarizes the results of detailed technical studies about the value of patents in Europe. As a conclusion, the study argues that to enhance the rate of utilization of patents the most effective strategy is to encourage the growth of technology markets. Other means, like reducing the patenting costs [...]... Commissioner McCreevy’s Call for Action European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Charlie McCreevy has recently delivered a speech before the European Parliament Plenary Session on future action in the field of patents. The Commissioner referred to his previous consultation on the future of the patent system in Europe which threw up the need to create technology markets which [...]... Why European patents? RPE uses the published European equivalent when defining a patent family. The reasons are simple. The EPO issues search results and patentability opinions very early. Therefore, it is very early possible to find out about major patentability and disclosure problems of an invention. Also, since three Examiners are ultimately involved in the examination of a [...]...