Delays with the Canadian Patent Office Processing Correspondence
October 10, 2024 - The Canadian patent industry is experiencing delays with the Canadian Patent Office (CPO) processing correspondence at this time. We advise that CPO has been in what we consider a “black out period” of reduced capacity for almost the last 3 months as it brings online a new operating system called MyCIPO Patents. The new operating system came fully on-line at the beginning of October 2024. The new system is to be a “real-time” system where our correspondence...