Category: Patents

Fellow Patent Attorneys… I hope you find the information on this page as useful as I do. If you’re ever looking to reduce your workload around software inventions and are looking for an extra, safe pair of hands, you know where I am… Visit Main Russell IP Website Background The UK IPO Hearings Database (see here) is an extremely valuable resource for anyone involved in UK patents and patent applications. It’s especially useful for those of us working in fields where excluded matter objections are commonly raised under Section 1(2) of The (UK) Patents Act. This includes, in particular, those […]

Russell IP’s Iain Russell has today launched EQE Training with fellow patent attorney Guy Warner. EQE Training is a brand new training programme for trainee patent attorneys taking Papers A & B (drafting and amendment) of the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) to become European Patent Attorneys (EPAs). Iain and Guy have been tutoring together on these papers for many years. Indeed, a catalyst for launching EQE Training was the overwhelmingly positive feedback Guy and Iain received on the Free EQE Webinar Series hosted by Russell IP.  Guy and Iain together to put the final touches to EQE Training before its […]

Overview In this series of five short articles, I’ll share my top five most-used parts of the EPO’s Guidelines for Examination during patent prosecution before the EPO, along with an explanation of why I think they’re so useful. Why would I ‘give away’ my prosecution ‘secrets’, you might wonder! Well, they’re not really secrets and I hope that, by sharing them, others may benefit and there may be some helpful discussion that could make my own use of them even more effective! These articles might also be helpful for those studying for EQE Paper B (Amendment). Part 1 In Part 1 of the series, […]

Overview In this series of five short articles, I’ll share my top five most-used parts of the EPO’s Guidelines for Examination during patent prosecution before the EPO, along with an explanation of why I think they’re so useful. Why would I ‘give away’ my prosecution ‘secrets’, you might wonder! Well, they’re not really secrets and I hope that, by sharing them, others may benefit and there may be some helpful discussion that could make my own use of them even more effective! These articles might also be helpful for those studying for EQE Paper B (Amendment). Part 1 I’ll kick […]

I’ve always wanted to find an easy way to check whether any / all words in a first set of words are / aren’t in a second set of words. Example use case 1: Are there any words in a set of claims that aren’t in (the words of) a given prior art document? That could give some leads for novelty. Example use case 2: Are there any words in a set of claims that aren’t in a corresponding description? That could suggest lack of support. I’ve included some screenshots below of how this hack can be used for this […]

For the main Russell IP website, click here For the EQE Training website, click here Russell IP hosted a series of five free webinars from 18-22 January 2021, primarily for candidates who were affected by the cancellation of the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. The webinars collectively provided almost 10 hours of free tutoring to candidates from across Europe and further afield and proved very popular with most of the sessions having almost 400 attendees. The free webinar series was a joint initiative coordinated by Iain Russell of Russell IP and Guy Warner of Unilever. Iain and […]