Patent Cooperation Treaty

E16779

international treaty multilateral treaty

The Patent Cooperation Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines the process for seeking patent protection in multiple countries through a single unified application system.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
PCT Article 17	1
PCT application	1
Treaty on Patent Cooperation	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ surface form: WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
allows	deferral of national phase entry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ surface form: Treaty on Patent Cooperation
appliesTo	patent applications ⓘ
benefit	provides international search report ⓘ provides unified filing date for multiple jurisdictions ⓘ provides written opinion on patentability ⓘ reduces duplication of patent filing efforts ⓘ
category	treaty on intellectual property ⓘ
cooperatesWith	national patent offices ⓘ regional patent offices ⓘ
createsSystem	Patent Cooperation Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PCT application international patent application ⓘ
depositary	Director General of WIPO ⓘ
doesNotGrant	worldwide patent ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1978-01-24 ⓘ
establishes	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ surface form: International Bureau of WIPO as PCT secretariat International Preliminary Examining Authority ⓘ International Searching Authority ⓘ Receiving Office ⓘ
field	intellectual property law ⓘ patent law ⓘ
governs	procedure for international patent applications ⓘ
hasAcronym	PCT ⓘ
hasPurpose	to facilitate international patent protection ⓘ to provide a unified procedure for filing patent applications ⓘ to simplify and harmonize the filing of patent applications in multiple countries ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
phase	international phase ⓘ national phase ⓘ
provides	international preliminary examination of patent applications ⓘ international search of patent applications ⓘ single international patent filing procedure ⓘ
region	worldwide ⓘ
relatedTo	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ⓘ
requires	designation of contracting states for patent protection ⓘ
shortName	PCT ⓘ
signedAt	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
signedOn	1970-06-19 ⓘ
subjectMatter	patent cooperation ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Intellectual Property Organization → administersTreaty → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

Patent Cooperation Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Patent Cooperation

Patent Cooperation Treaty → createsSystem → Patent Cooperation Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT application

PCT → fullName → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

subject surface form: Patent Cooperation Treaty

International Searching Authority → governingTreaty → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

International Preliminary Examining Authority → governsUnder → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

WIPO-administered treaties → includes → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property → influenced → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

International Searching Authority → legalBasis → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT Article 17

Budapest Treaty → relatedTo → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure → relatedTo → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ

WIPO Convention → relatedTo → Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ