1. How long did it take to enter the national stage? Give the applicant sufficient decision-making time, reduce risks and save costs. At the same time. The applicant may make a preliminary assessment of the possibility of obtaining patent authorization for the patent application by using international retrieval and international preliminary examination procedures? And combined with factors such as technological development and market prospects to decide whether it is suitable for a specific country. Manpower, material resources and financial resources can be properly allocated. If you enter multiple countries at the same time? Paris convention will increase the application fee for entering many countries in 12 months? However, there is enough time to raise funds through PCT.
2. A table of many countries? It is very convenient to handle. Just submit an international application? That is to say, you can get an international application date that can take effect in many countries? Can I apply for a patent in multiple countries? Without having to file separate patent applications for each country? It provides convenience for patent applicants to apply for patents abroad.
3. Provide reports before entering the national stage? Very valuable for reference? Reduce risks and save costs. Should international patent applications be searched by international search agencies? You can get high-quality copies before entering other countries. Does the international search report give one or more existing technical documents? So that patent applicants can not only understand the state of the art? It is also possible to preliminarily judge whether the invention has the prospect of granting a patent. Has the international application passed the international preliminary examination? Patent applicants can also obtain a high-standard international preliminary examination report made by the international preliminary examination unit. What if the international preliminary review report shows? Does the invention have novelty, creativity and industrial practicability? Then, can the patent applicant consider not entering the national phase? In order to save money. If the patent application authorization conditions are insufficient? After entering multiple application countries, they are all rejected? Will lose more
The payment procedure is simple. You only need to pay the patent application fee to the acceptance office instead of the patent offices of all countries that require patent protection? Simplify payment procedures.
In some countries, the application fee is very low. In some countries, the cost of PCT national application is lower than that of ordinary application.
6. Can I apply in my mother tongue? Convenient and flexible. Can the application language be Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, etc? China applicants can file international patent applications in Chinese and English? This provides convenience for foreign-funded enterprises in China to apply for patents.