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The Social Security System (SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng mga Naglilingkod sa Pribado) [4] is a state-run social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Act No. 1161, better known as the Social Security Act of 1954.
The unemployment benefit of the SSS also covers the kasambahay (housemaids) as well as Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs; Filipino migrant workers).Claimants should have made 36 monthly contributions to the SSS, 12 months of which should be in the 18-month period immediately preceding the month of involuntary separation.
The use of on-line filing passed the 50% level of patent application filings in January 2008. [2] The epoline online filing software also allows to file patent applications online with the national patent offices that support it. Until March 4, 2009, the epoline online filing software could not be used for filing oppositions or appeal.
Overall, about 5.5-6% of the European patents granted by the European Patent Office are opposed. [ 45 ] [ 51 ] [ 78 ] Of those, over the course of 1980–2005, about 1/3 were revoked, 1/3 were maintained in an amended form, which generally means "reduced in scope", and 1/3 were maintained as granted, that is, the opposition was rejected.
Under the new rules, if the claims as filed in a European patent application contain a plurality of independent claims in the same claim category and if the EPO considers in that case that the claims therefore do not comply with Rule 43(2) EPC, the EPO may "invite the applicant to indicate, within a period of two months, the claims complying ...
European divisional applications must be filed directly or by post with one of the filing offices of the EPO, i.e. at the European Patent Office at Munich, The Hague, or Berlin. [28] It may also be filed using the so-called epoline online filing software.
The application must be filed at the Intellectual Property Office or through the IPOPHL TM eFile online. The forms and fees can be accessed at the Philippine IPO Website. The process begins with obtaining a filing date by submitting the following documents: Properly filled-out Request Form for a Grant of Philippine Patent;
The EPC provides a legal framework for the granting of European patents, [1] via a single, harmonised procedure before the European Patent Office (EPO). A single patent application , in one language, [ 2 ] may be filed at the EPO in Munich , [ 3 ] at its branch in The Hague , [ 3 ] [ notes 2 ] at its sub-office in Berlin , [ 5 ] or at a ...