What prosecution is needed before the Patent Office?

Applications for industrial property protection may be prepared by the applicant or patent or trademark attorney. Obtaining protection on an object of industrial property is subject to a procedure according to the applicable legislation. There are four main procedures for filing applications with the Bulgarian Patent Office. They are separated from the main objects of industrial property, namely: patent for invention, utility model, trademark and industrial design. The applications are thoroughly examined by examiners. They analyze the structure of the content, looking for irregularities and inaccuracies. If any, examiners shall send the notifications to the applicant or a lawyer for overcoming the deficiencies within a preset deadline for a response. The fate of the application also depends on overcoming the deficiencies within the given term. There are also frequent cases of unreceived correspondence from the Patent Office, as the applicant was absent from the specified address or could not receive the opinion due to reasons beyond his control.

What is our role in the prosecution?

The role of the engineering patent law firm BV&Ko before the official authorities is to provide the applicant with a patent attorney or a trademarks and industrial designs representative, who shall prepare a professional and consistent reply to the received notification within the relevant deadline. By authorizing an industrial property representative, you can also ensure that you receive official correspondence.

Prosecution by patent attorney or trademark attorney by “BV & Ko”

We may prepare and file a response to a notification of the Bulgarian Patent Office, regardless of the object for which it was received. For this purpose we know in detail the regulations issued in the field of protection of industrial property on the territory of Bulgaria. In our areas of activity is the preparation of various types of replies to notifications such as:

∴ Reply to notification for overcoming the deficiencies or irregularities in a patent application or in an application for registration of utility model

∴ Reply to a notification for the lack of patentability of an invention in patent applications

∴ Reply to notification for partial or complete refusal due to lack of distinctiveness in applications for trademark registration