Patent cooperation treaty
Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
Legal basis: Article 1 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property: In the protection of industrial property rights, each member of the Convention must legally give other members of the Convention the same treatment as their own nationals; Even if he is a national of a non-member country, as long as he has a domicile or a real and effective industrial and commercial office in a member country of the convention, he should be treated equally with the nationals of that country.
Patent cooperation treaty
Article 4 The Patent Office, as the organ that accepts international applications, is responsible for accepting international applications filed by China citizens or foreigners, foreign enterprises or other foreign organizations who have their habitual residence or business offices in China, and examining and handling such international applications in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty, its implementing rules and the administrative regulations of the Treaty.
According to the bilateral agreements signed between China and other contracting countries, the Patent Office can also accept international applications filed by nationals or residents of that country.
Article 5 An applicant shall submit an international application in Chinese or English to the Patent Office, which shall include a request, a specification, one or more claims, one or more drawings (if necessary) and an abstract.
Article 1 of the Convention for the Establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) In addition to performing the administrative work of various alliances, WIPO has also carried out a series of activities, including: (1) norm-setting activities, specifically involving the formulation of norms and standards for intellectual property protection and law enforcement through the conclusion of international treaties; (ii) Planned activities, especially those related to providing legal and technical assistance to countries in the field of intellectual property; (iii) International classification and standardization activities, especially cooperation between industrial property offices in the fields of patents, trademarks and industrial design documents; And (iv) registration and application activities, specifically involving services related to international application for invention patents and registration of trademarks and industrial designs.