Singapore IPOS simplifies the procedures for requesting substantive examination

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) issued Notice No. 3/2024, simplifying the procedures for substantive examination requests submitted to IPOS based on the international search report of the PCT Treaty. The amended bill will come into effect on August 16, 2024.

According to the revised Patent Law, if an applicant submits a substantive examination request to IPOS based on the international search report under the PCT Treaty, the applicant only needs to submit Form 12 and no other documents are required. The international search report and preliminary examination results, or the patent documents or non-patent documents cited in the search report, and the patent family reference list corresponding to these documents, no longer need to be submitted to IPOS.