First, the international patent application method:
1, PCT pathway
According to the PatentCooperationTreaty (PCT), an applicant can request multiple countries to protect his invention at the same time in a large number of member countries by submitting only one PCT international patent application (no need to submit patent applications from multiple different countries or regions). The granting of patent rights is still the responsibility of patent offices in various countries or regions (PCT national stage).
2. Paris Pact approach
According to the Paris Convention, the applicant can directly file an application with the patent authorities of other member countries of the Paris Convention within 65,438+02 months (invention or utility model) /6 months (design) after the first filing of his national patent application, and claim the priority.
3. Direct application channels in ordinary countries
If the applicant wants to apply for a patent in a country or region other than the Paris Convention or the PCT member countries, it can do so in accordance with the intellectual property agreement signed between China and the country or region or the principle of reciprocity.
Second, the international patent application procedures:
1. Submit the application. The applicant submits an international application that meets the requirements of PCT format in one language and pays a set of fees.
2. International search. International search agency (ISA) searches for public documents that may affect the patentability of inventions, and gives opinions on the patentability of inventions.
3. International announcement. The contents of the international application will be made public as soon as possible after the earliest application date 18 months expires.
4. Supplementary international search (optional). It is conducted by an international retrieval unit that is willing to provide supplementary retrieval without participating in the main retrieval, so as to find the published documents that cannot be retrieved by the international retrieval unit that conducts the main retrieval due to the diversity of existing technologies in the language and technical fields.
5. International preliminary examination (optional). At the request of the applicant, after the international publication (usually in the case of modifying the original application), the international retrieval unit will conduct additional patent analysis.
6. The national stage. After the PCT procedure is completed, the applicant begins to seek patent authorization directly from the patent office of the country (or region) that wishes to obtain a patent.
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