tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post3975526868074270967..comments2024-03-27T08:57:40.383+00:00Comments on SOLO IP <br> for sole and small IP practices<br>: Will a division please bid for my EPO filesFilemothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-39212272384455152332014-08-07T16:32:00.649+01:002014-08-07T16:32:00.649+01:00Oh we were Dear Herr S, no Dear Fred, we have to a...Oh we were Dear Herr S, no Dear Fred, we have to allow for a certain respect.<br />This was not a question of doubt over sex - he was a Herr not a Ma'am but I am being told to address the division and if the division contained women I dont see how Dear Sirs would helpFilemothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-88391248696094357182014-08-07T16:24:09.856+01:002014-08-07T16:24:09.856+01:00Dear Sirs, covers male/femal.
Write to and refer ...Dear Sirs, covers male/femal.<br /><br />Write to and refer to the examiner (some may prefer Examiner). Not to Dear Fred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-78768592104936114082014-08-05T14:30:28.494+01:002014-08-05T14:30:28.494+01:00I write to examiners at the UK IPO because they wr...I write to examiners at the UK IPO because they write to me. They may use Dear Sirs but they say I and end with a real name -presumably their ownFilemothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058786915356669476.post-55032592442367303882014-08-05T12:59:41.772+01:002014-08-05T12:59:41.772+01:00When a lady became the Comptroller of the UK Paten...When a lady became the Comptroller of the UK Patent Office we had an interesting discussion in my firm of whether to now write 'Dear Madam' instead of 'Dear Sir' because one writes to the Comptroller and not an Examiner. However we were not sure how Examiners would react and we decided 'Dear Sirs' was now more appropriate (though we'd never worried about writing 'Dear Sir' to female Examiners). At least one of the female attorneys in our firm was not in total agreement on this, but it's a man's world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com