Swiss Patent Attorney case studies
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The Swiss Patent Attorney Examination is the qualifying assessment for people who intend to practise as patent attorneys in Switzerland, typically candidates who already hold a technical or scientific degree and are training inside a patent attorney firm or an industrial IP department. It is administered in the Swiss context by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI), the federal body responsible for patents, and it is delivered in the national languages rather than in English. The Swiss Patent Attorney case studies are 5 cases and about 4,091 words.
1Priority, co-applicant, and an intervening trade-fair disclosure
Alpina Sensors GmbH files a Swiss national application on 12 May 2025 for a pressure sensor, claiming priority from US provisional 63/xxx filed 3 June 2024. The provisional names A.
916 words, about 5 min2Late PCT national phase: restoration versus the 31-month EPO route
Helvetic Microfluidics AG files PCT application PCT/CH2023/000021 on 20 February 2023 with the IPI as receiving Office, claiming priority from Swiss application CH 00045/23 filed 10 January 2023. The PCT application is in German and designates Switzerland and the EPO.
767 words, about 4 min3Amending a functional therapeutic claim without added matter
Swiss pharmaceutical company VaudRx files EP application EP 24 xxx on 8 February 2024, claiming priority from Swiss application CH 00112/23 filed 6 February 2023. Claim 1 reads: 'A method of treating migraine in a human comprising administering compound X at a dose of 5 mg/kg, wherein the dose is optimized in real time based on a biomarker.' The priority application discloses compound X, migraine treatment, and a dose of 5 mg/kg, but says only that the dose 'may be adjusted in response to biomarker levels'.
815 words, about 4 min4Employee invention: blanket assignment, lab use, and compensation
Lea Brunner is employed as a process engineer by Helvetic Microfluidics AG in Switzerland. Her employment contract states: 'All inventions made by the employee during employment belong exclusively to the employer; no separate compensation is payable.' In January 2025 she develops a new microfluidic valve at home on weekends.
797 words, about 4 min5Ex parte preliminary injunction against a trade-fair launch
Swiss patent CH 7xxxxx is granted on 14 June 2023, filed 2 March 2021, with priority from 12 March 2020. It claims a packaging machine comprising 'a rotating drum having a substantially cylindrical outer surface' and a folding station.
796 words, about 4 min