What is Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) filing?

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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an
international treaty with the objective of
simplifying the process of seeking Patent
Registration for an invention in multiple
countries for any applicant belonging to the
member countries of PCT. The entities interested
in covering multiple jurisdictions (countries)
can file a PCT application without going into the
nitty gritty of Patent Rules, procedures and
filing requirements prevailing in each of the
member countries
WHAT IS PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) FILING
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FILING OF PCT APPLICATION
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Anyone who is a national or resident of a Member
Country can file a PCT application and it can
either be made in the member state (receiving
office) or directly with the International Bureau
(IB) in the WIPO. The said application has to be
made within 12 months from the priority date and
in a case where the application does not contain
any priority claim, the international filing date
will be considered to be the priority date.
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NATIONAL PHASE ENTRY
Filing of PCT application provides additional
18-month time to enter in national phase with the
desired member countries. Therefore, if an entity
(natural person or legal entity or combination
thereof) is filing initial or first Patent
application or priority application in the Patent
office of a member country, then the said entity
has to enter in national phase within 30/31 month
(as the case may be).
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