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Wo Patent Vs Us Patent In Texas
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Country codes CCName VN Vietnam WO World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) YU Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ZA South Africa92 more rows
European patents are given the same number, but with B1 at the end instead of A. International applications (see page 5 for an explanation of what these are) have the publication format WO X/Y AZ, where WO stands for “World”, X is the year of publication and Y is a serial number recommencing each year.
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.
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.
General Format: Inventor1, Inventor2, et al. Title of patent. Patent number (include country code, the word “Patent”, and patent number with retained commas), date of filing (format Month Date, Year), and issued date of publication (format Month Date, Year).
It consists of the WIPO code WO (two letters), the year (four digits) and a serial number of six digits: WOyyyynnnnnn.
WO patents are granted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, also referred to as WIPO. The prefix WO, short for WIPO, means the patent will be administrated by the organization.
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.
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.