{"id":6888,"date":"2013-10-16T04:15:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T04:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protectia.eu\/pct-patent\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T07:04:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T07:04:12","slug":"pct-patent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protectia.eu\/en\/pct-patent\/","title":{"rendered":"PCT Patent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a sort of urban legend regarding the existence of a <strong>unique global patent<\/strong> offering protection to an invention anywhere in the world. The closest thing in real terms to this \u201c<em>global patent<\/em>\u201d is the one which is processed on the basis of an international agreement that currently includes 148 countries, the PCT patent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pct2-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1629\" title=\"pct\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.protectia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pct2-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This patent, filed under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/treaties\/en\/registration\/pct\/\">Patent Cooperation Treaty<\/a> (PCT), allows the inventor through a unified application, seeking protection in all countries which are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipo.int\/treaties\/en\/ShowResults.jsp?lang=es&amp;treaty_id=6\">members of the treaty<\/a>. <em><strong>Therefore, the PCT is a union to cooperate in the filing, searching and examination of patent applications<\/strong><\/em> and by now should be clear that <em><strong>it is not a procedure for granting patents and does not replace national granting proceedings, but is a unified procedure for filing patent applications before its granting<\/strong><\/em>, which replace a good part of the process country by country, lowering costs and extending certain deadlines.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In conclusion,<strong> it is recommendable the use of this cooperation treaty PCT because:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><br \/> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Requires a low initial investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows assessing the potential market for the invention during a crucial time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201chealth\u201d of the invention can be evaluated by an international search report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows amending the content of the application before making bigger investments in its internationalization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a sort of urban legend regarding the existence of a unique global patent offering protection to an invention anywhere in the world. 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