How do enterprises apply for patents abroad?

China enterprises can apply for patents abroad through the Paris Convention or PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty). Paris Pact approach. It is necessary to submit a national application to China National Intellectual Property Administration, China, and submit a national application to the respondent country within a certain period (65,438+02 months for inventions and 6 months for utility models and designs), and claim priority. PCT pathway. China National Intellectual Property Administration, China can directly serve as the receiving office to file an international application, and can designate to file an application with multiple treaty member countries at one time. When the applicant wants an invention to be protected by multiple countries (generally more than five countries), the cost of submitting PCT international application is lower and the procedure is simpler, because only one international application needs to be submitted through PCT, thus avoiding the trouble of submitting national applications to each country separately.