PCT Filing

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is a well-organized and cost-effective way to enter into the patenting procedure in several countries at one time. Even though the PCT procedure does not answer directly in the issuance of any national patents, it provides several important benefits for applicants contemplating foreign filing. The most important objective of the PCT is to simplify and to deliver more effective and economical in the interests of the users of the patent system and the offices that have responsibility for administering it.

In order to get protection in each individual country the inventor chooses, it is necessary for the PCT to be converted in the national patent offices of the selected countries where the invention will be subject to an examination in order to meet the national requirements for novelty, obviousness etc. The administrative tasks, including translation if compulsory and the fees associated with lodging patent applications in that country, must be complied with. So, The PCT application can act as a way of delaying the costs of filing in multiple national patent offices, until the inventor has decided whether it is worthwhile seeking protection in several countries.

PCT Filing Services India

The Patent cooperation Treaty is a good concept for patent cooperation treaty and an agreement for international cooperation in the field of the patents, which provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications. Generally, it is a treaty for cooperation and rationalization with regard to the PCT filing procedure, searching and examination of patent applications and the dissemination of the technical information contained therein. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is a cost-effective way to enter into the patenting process in several countries at one time. Even though, the PCT process does not result directly in the issuance of any national patents, it provides several important benefits for applicants contemplating foreign filing. The main objective of the PCT is to simplify and to render more effective and economical in the interests of the users of the patent system and the offices that have responsibility for administering it.