PCT

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international patent law treaty

PCT is an international patent law treaty that streamlines the process of seeking patent protection for inventions in multiple countries through a single application.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Patent Cooperation Treaty	0
PCT Assembly	2
PCT Article 16	1
PCT Chapter II procedure	1
PCT Guidelines for International Preliminary Examination	1
PCT Regulations	1
PCT international phase	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international patent law treaty ⓘ
abbreviation	PCT self-linksurface differs ⓘ
administeredBy	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ surface form: WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
appliesTo	inventions ⓘ
benefit	centralized filing ⓘ centralized management of patent application in early stages ⓘ cost savings in early stages of patenting ⓘ extended time to enter national or regional phases ⓘ harmonized formal requirements for patent filings ⓘ
category	treaty under the auspices of the United Nations system ⓘ
doesNotProvide	grant of an international patent ⓘ
effect	defers the need to file separate national patent applications ⓘ simplifies patent filing procedures across multiple jurisdictions ⓘ
field	intellectual property law ⓘ patent law ⓘ
fullName	Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ
goal	to improve efficiency of the global patent system ⓘ to reduce duplication of patent examination work ⓘ
governs	procedure for filing international patent applications ⓘ
hasComponent	international preliminary examination report ⓘ international search report ⓘ written opinion of the international searching authority ⓘ
hasPhase	international phase ⓘ national phase ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ other official WIPO languages ⓘ
provides	international preliminary examination of patent applications ⓘ international search of patent applications ⓘ
purpose	to allow filing of a single international patent application ⓘ to streamline the process of seeking patent protection in multiple countries ⓘ
relatedTo	Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ⓘ national patent offices ⓘ regional patent offices ⓘ
requires	subsequent national or regional phase entries for patent grant ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
subject	international patent cooperation ⓘ
typeOfApplication	international patent application ⓘ
usedBy	companies ⓘ individual inventors ⓘ patent applicants ⓘ universities ⓘ
usedFor	seeking patent protection in multiple countries with a single filing ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

PCT → abbreviation → PCT self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Patent Cooperation Treaty

International Searching Authority → designatedBy → PCT ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT Assembly

Patent Cooperation Treaty → hasAcronym → PCT ⓘ

International Preliminary Examining Authority → isDesignatedBy → PCT ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT Assembly

International Preliminary Examining Authority → isLinkedTo → PCT ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT Chapter II procedure

International Preliminary Examining Authority → isPartOf → PCT ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT international phase

International Preliminary Examining Authority → isSubjectTo → PCT ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT Regulations

International Searching Authority → legalBasis → PCT ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT Article 16

International Preliminary Examining Authority → mustComplyWith → PCT ⓘ

this entity surface form: PCT Guidelines for International Preliminary Examination

Patent Cooperation Treaty → shortName → PCT ⓘ