Get The Limited Monopoly: Obtaining A U.S. Patent Via The PCT

They protect the way an invention is used by giving a limited-time monopoly of 20 years from the application's filing date to the inventor. There are extensions of up to five years available for drugs, medical devices, and additives.

Hear this out loud PauseFiling patent applications under PCT implies securing legal protection for an invention under patent law in more than 150 countries at once. Major global corporations, research institutes and universities seek patent protection via PCT.

Hear this out loud PauseThe Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries by filing an "international" patent application.

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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) enables the U.S. applicant to file one application, “an international application,” in a standardized format in English in the U.S. Receiving Office (the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office), and have that application acknowledged as a regular national or regional filing in as many ...

Requirements for Patentability. The five primary requirements for patentability are: (1) patentable subject matter, (2) utility, (3) novelty, (4) nonobviousness, and (5) enablement.

The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in a large number of countries by filing a single “international” patent application instead of filing several separate national or regional patent applications.

Hear this out loud PauseThe Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) enables the U.S. applicant to file one application, “an international application,” in a standardized format in English in the U.S. Receiving Office (the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office), and have that application acknowledged as a regular national or regional filing in as many ...