countries with information that can serve as guidance for the examination of the claims contained in relevant patents or patent …This paper provides an analysis of patents covering selected antibodies and vaccines used in the treatment or … prevention of COVID-19. The aim of the report is to support national patent offices and interested parties in developing …

Most patent systems allow applicants to defer patent examination by some time. Deferred examination was introduced in … the 1960s, first at the Dutch patent office and subsequently in many other countries, as a response to mounting backlogs … of unexamined patent applications. Some applicants allow the examination option to lapse and never request examination …