What are the advantages of a PCT Procedure?
The PCT procedure is a procedure planned to abridge the process of filing foreign patent applications. By virtue of article 11 of the PCT an international application designating any contracting party shall have priority from its international filing date, as if it is a national application for a patent normally filed in the patent office of that state. The scheme of filing an international patent under PCT affords the facility to safeguard the prospect to get a patent in any or all PCT contracting countries. Yet again, the PCT procedure presents the plus of acquiring an international search report and an international preliminary examination (IPE). The international search report is performed by international searching authorities. It permits the applicant to weigh up the probability of acquiring patent protection in the designated countries. The international preliminary examination is performed by the International Preliminary Examination Authority (IPEA) grounded on the internation
