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Consultation update
The Patent Branch received the following feedback during the April 2, 2012 to May 2, 2012 consultation period:
- Anonymous submission (PDF – 101 KB – 2 pages)
- Anonymous submission (PDF – 2.8 MB – 6 pages)
- Robert B. Storey (PDF – 213 KB – 4 pages)
- Ken Bousfield (PDF – 14.2 MB – 27 pages)
- Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (PDF – 91 KB – 3 pages)
- Dr. Emir Crowne, University of Windsor (PDF – 319 KB – 9 pages)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI)
- Cover letter (PDF – 231 KB – 3 pages)
- Submission on Office Practice Respecting Inventive Concept (PDF – 74 KB – 6 pages)
- Submission on Statutory Subject Matter Under the Patent Act (PDF – 125 KB – 17 pages)
- Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson (PDF – 5 KB – 1 page)
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Cover letter (PDF – 43 KB – 1 page)
- Submission (PDF – 185 KB – 17 pages)
- Matthew Marquardt (PDF – 8 KB – 1 page)
- Microsoft (PDF – 183 KB – 12 pages)
- Lisa Melanson (PDF – 6 KB – 1 page)
- ROBIC (PDF – 62 KB – 5 pages)
- Daniel Sher (PDF – 16 KB – 4 pages)
- Smart & Biggar
- Stephen J. Ferance (PDF – 5.1 MB – 16 pages)
- Ronald D. Faggetter (PDF – 309 KB – 3 pages)
Important notice: Please note that access to this section is provided as a courtesy only. Therefore, comments are in the language in which they were submitted to CIPO.
Consultation period
April 2, 2012 to May 2, 2012.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is taking this opportunity to seek your feedback on practice respecting inventive concept, statutory subject matter under the Patent Act, and claims to diagnostic methods and medical uses.
Your comments will be taken into consideration and will be posted on this website following the consultation period.
Consultation Documents
- Office Practice Respecting Inventive Concept
- Statutory Subject Matter under the Patent Act
- Office Practice Respecting Claims to Diagnostic Methods and Medical Uses
Contact information
Should you wish to provide us with your comments on this matter, please send them by email to Scott Vasudev, by fax at (819) 953–2476, or by regular mail to the following address:
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Patent Branch
50 Victoria Street,
Place du Portage II
Gatineau, QC K1A 0C9
Attention: Scott Vasudev
Preferred formats are PDF, WordPerfect, or Microsoft Word.
Thank you for your participation and interest in this important matter.
Agnès Lajoie
Assistant Commissioner of Patents
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
