{"id":301,"date":"2019-11-20T08:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T08:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videaimip.com\/blog\/?p=301"},"modified":"2024-07-23T06:13:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T06:13:25","slug":"how-to-get-foreign-international-patents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videaimip.com\/blog\/how-to-get-foreign-international-patents\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO GET FOREIGN\/ INTERNATIONAL PATENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To get foreign\/international patent applications<\/a> , the filing deadline is one year from the priority date through a convention route. The priority date is the earliest filing date or first filing date, which may be either a provisional or non-provisional application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the Foreign\/International Patent Filing Options? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Foreign filing<\/a> \/ International Patent Filing options include convention application and PCT application, and these options basically provide different time lines to file a patent application in different countries or jurisdiction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Convention Filing :<\/strong> is filing a patent application directly in each desired country within 12 months of the priority date;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. PCT Filing:<\/strong> requires the applicant to file an international application in the International bureau or the receiving office within 12 months of the priority date. The PCT provides an extended time line of 18 or 19 months for filing the application in each desired country and also provides patentability opinions on each application. This means an international application provides an up to 30\/31 months of the priority date for a patent application to move to a foreign country or jurisdiction. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Direct Filing or Convention application <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Direct filing also known as the Convention patent application, within 12 months of the priority date (first filing date), in a particular country of interest, directly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Timeline:<\/strong> within 12 months of provisional or complete filing, calculated from the first filing date or priority date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Advantage: <\/strong>cost effective in case less than 5 countries <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Recommendations:<\/strong>if the applicant or the invention does not have the potential to be commercialized in several countries. It should be opted only if: <\/p>\n\n\n\n