Drafting For Multiple Jurisdictions Miniseries Part 3: Mind Your Language!

Many patent owners are interested in trying to draft a single patent application that will serve them in several countries. This is ambitious, since there are many differences between various countries' patent systems, but perhaps not impossible. The patent drafter just needs to be aware of and try to balance all the different requirements in the single patent application. This series of articles endeavors to outline some important considerations when drafting a single patent application for several major countries and regions.

In our first article (available here), we reviewed the grace period provisions in the U.S., Korea, China, and the European Patent Office ("EPO"). Our second article (available here) looked at data considerations on filing. In this third article, we look at the language used when drafting and balancing the requirements of the U.S., Korea, China, and the European Patent Office in this regard.