PCT is an international treaty, administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), between more than 140 Paris Convention countries. The PCT makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries by filing a single “international” patent application instead of filing several separate national or regional patent applications. The granting of patents remains under the control of the national or regional patent Offices in what is called the “national phase”.
Iraq joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as of January 31, 2022. With this participation, the number of member countries of the PCT became 155. The PCT will enter into force in Iraq on April 30, 2022. Starting April 30, Iraqis will be able to…
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Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT) has announced that the applicants of the international patent applications (so-called PCT applications) should pay the search and preliminary examination fees in PCT Fee Tables declared by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) where TURKPATENT is designated as International Search Authority (ISEA)…
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TURKPATENT has recently updated its online filing system. By the update, these can be made through online tool: 2nd and 3rd examination requests, submission of Turkish translations for the applications filed in foreign languages; requests for restoration of rights; payment of 3rd annuities of national…
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