Month: February 2020 (page 9 of 13)
🔍Supplementary international search permits the applicant to request, in addition to the international search (the “main international search”), one or more supplementary international searches each to be carried out by an International Search Authority (ISA) other than the ISA which carried
🌐 The PCT System has many advantages for you as an applicant, for the patent Offices and for the general public:
➡ Ultimately, the PCT:
✦ brings the world within reach; ✦ streamlines the process of fulfilling diverse formality requirements; ✦ postpones the major costs associated
📁 You have, in most cases, up to an additional 18 months from the time you file your international patent application before you have to begin the national phase procedures with individual patent Offices and to fulfill the national requirements.
🌐 This additional time can be useful for evaluating