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Although the WO designation itself does not confer patent rights, it simplifies the process by offering a common standard across the 184 PCT member countries, including the U.S., China, and European nations​.
Once your documentation is ready, submit your application online by logging in to Patent Center through your validated USPTO account. Filing online provides a better guided filing experience and avoids additional paper-filing fees.
A design patent application can be filed with the USPTO through the USPTO's patent electronic filing system, by mail via the U.S. Postal Service, or by hand delivery to the Office in Alexandria, Virginia.
You may apply for a U.S. patent whether you're a U.S. citizen or not. No U.S. patent can be issued if, before you apply in the United States, the invention was patented abroad by you or your legal representative and if the foreign application was filed more than 12 months before the U.S. filing.
Since the rights granted by a U.S. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States and have no effect in a foreign country, an inventor who wishes patent protection in other countries must apply for a patent in each of the other countries or in regional patent offices.
In filing a patent application and paying required fees, the USPTO provides forms and an electronic filing tool. You may also wish to find a patent attorney or agent to help draft the required description of the invention and claims, and any required drawings.
You may apply for a U.S. patent whether you're a U.S. citizen or not. No U.S. patent can be issued if, before you apply in the United States, the invention was patented abroad by you or your legal representative and if the foreign application was filed more than 12 months before the U.S. filing.
The patent laws of the United States permit any inventor, regardless of his/her citizenship, to apply for a U.S. patent. There are, however, a number of rules of special interest to applicants located in foreign countries.
Applicants who are lawful permanent residents of the United States may apply for registration. All other applicants who are aliens residing in the United States may apply for limited recognition to practice before the Office in patent matters pursuant to 37 CFR § 11.9(b).
Since the rights granted by a U.S. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States and have no effect in a foreign country, an inventor who wishes patent protection in other countries must apply for a patent in each of the other countries or in regional patent offices.