Paris Cooperation Treaty Application vs Convention Application: Patent Laws. PCT stands for 'Patent Cooperation Treaty' and the applications filed under this Treaty are called PCT applications. However, Convention applications are those applications filed under Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property.
An ordinary application must be accompanied with a complete specification and claims. An application for patent filed in the Patent Office, claiming a priority date based on the same or substantially similar application filed in one or more of the convention countries, is called a convention application.
3. Consider the Different Types of Patent Applications Provisional Application: Ideal for inventions still in development; provides early protection. Non-Provisional Application: Suitable for fully realized inventions to claim full patent rights.
There are three types of patents: utility, design and plant. Utility and plant patent applications can be provisional and nonprovisional. Provisional applications may not be filed for design inventions.