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1. By-
NISHANT KEWALRAMANI
BananaIP
© BananaIP 2012

2.  Concept & Terminology
 Process
 Advantages
 Patent Prosecution Highway (PCT-PPH)

3.  Signed in June 1970
 Entered into force in January 1978 with18
contracting states
 Amended- 1979, 1984 and 2001
 Currently- 144 Contracting States

4.  International Treaty
 Unified Filing Procedure for entry in Contracting States
 National Patent Office/IB acts as interface
 International Patent Application
 NOT AN INTERNATIONAL PATENT GRANT

5. RO
RO
Receiving Office
{National Office
Receiving Office
{National Office
or IB}
or IB}
DO
DO
Designated
Office
{Chapter I}
Designated
Office
{Chapter I}
EO
EO
Elected Office
{Chapter II}
Elected Office
{Chapter II}

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APP
0
P
CT
APP
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16
P
UBLI
CATION
18 19
DEMAND
20
30
OR
31
30
OR
31
INTERNATIONAL
PRELIMINARY
EXAMINATION
Selection of
ISA Selection of
IPEA

7.  PCT Safe
◦ PCT software for Electronic Application Preparation &
Filing
◦ PCT Easy subset of PCT Safe
 PCT Easy
◦ Electronic Application Preparation
◦ Submissions on a physical medium (CD + Paper)

8.  Determination of RO
 India
◦ Transmittal Fee- INR 8,000 (2,000 for natural person)
◦ International Filing Fee- USD 1,453 (90% reduction for
natural person)
 Designating states
 Elements of International application
◦ Request (Form PCT/RO/101)
◦ Description
◦ Claim(s)
◦ Abstract,
◦ Drawing(s) (if any)

9.  Objective of International Search
 Selection of ISA
 Assessment of invention
 Establishment of ISR & written opinion

10.  Austria (AT)- $ 2,370
 Australia (AU)- $ 1,833
 China (CN)- $ 329
 Europe (EP) $ 2,370
 Sweden (Se)- $ 2,370
 United States Of America- $ 2,080

11.  Optional Step- Chapter II
 Filing ‘Demand’ for examination
 Selection of IPEA
 Examination- IPRP
 Elected States

12.  Standardization of Filing Process
 Buying Time- Postponement of costs
 Validation before incurring national phase costs
 Open to file in any designated state- Boon in
Negotiations

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