COLOMBIA
November 16, 2015
The Colombian Patent Office is now conducting a review of patent applications shortly after they are filed, in order to verify if the application contains claims not allowed under their legislation - i.e.: method claims, second uses, Suisse type claims and others.
If they find that the application contains evident unacceptable claims, they are issuing an Official Action requesting the applicant to amend such claims, giving the applicant the chance to modify the claiming chapter by deleting those claims not allowed - without the payment of voluntary modification. Likewise, when recording the answer to the official action, applicant is allowed to pay the respective official taxes for the exceeding claims.