How to treat "international patent"

An international patent is a patent application filed by an applicant with the Patent Office of a State Party in accordance with the prescribed procedures when an invention-creation is granted patent protection in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

But accurately speaking, there is no international patent, and it should be called "international patent application".

There is scope for patent protection. Domestic patents are only protected by law in China, but not by local laws abroad. In order to protect one's patents in more places around the world, it is necessary to submit patent applications to these countries, that is, the internationalization of patents.

In the past, in order to obtain patent protection from several countries, it was necessary to apply for patents from each country one by one, and the procedures and formalities were very cumbersome. Now the applicant only needs to submit an international application to any country that has signed the Patent Cooperation Treaty, which is valid for all member countries under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

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