- My article "The modern problem-solution approach" was published in epi Information 2/2021.
- It's the article I basically wanted to write since qualifying as a European patent attorney in 2015. I hope readers find it a useful addition to the literature. I give a step-by-step description of the PSA as it is frequently applied in daily practice (with 13 small steps instead of the 3 large steps mentioned in the Guidelines). Somewhat surprisingly this practical form of the PSA can be found nowhere in the legal handbooks (e.g. Visser, Singer/Stauder, Benkard EPU), the Guidelines and the Case Law book tough step-by-step instructions for the PSA can be found in the EQE course books.
- I personally find the Guidelines chapter about inventive step quite confusing, but that is something for another article or blogpost.
- The advantage of publishing in epi Information is that it is open access on the internet while at the same time having a carefully maintained archive and stable website ensuring long term availability.
source http://justpatentlaw.blogspot.com/2021/07/summertime-reading-modern-problem.html
