This document provides an overview of why patents are important and different types of patent applications. It discusses national patent applications, which are filed for a single country, and regional/international applications, which can provide protection across multiple countries. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) allows for filing an international patent application. The document also notes that patents give holders the exclusive right to profit from an invention by preventing others from distributing, selling, or manufacturing it without permission. Finally, it shows that IBM has consistently obtained thousands of US patents each year over the past decade.

1. Why Do We Patent An Innovation?1

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3. Why Patent?

4. Types of Patent Applications

5. How much do you know about three types?★Depending upon the office at which a patent application is filed, that application could either be an application for a patent in a given country, or may be an application for a patent in a range of countries. The former is known as national (patent) applications, and the latter as regional (patent) applications.★A patent application filed under the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) is called an international application, or PCT application. PCT is operated by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and provides a centralized application process, but patents are not granted under the treaty.

6. Exemplary PCT Procedure30/31 months or 20/21 monthsIPRP Established National Phase Respond to WO2monthsISR & WO IssuedPublishedFile Prov. Application File PCT ApplicationChapter I12 monthsChapter II(optional)18 monthsDemand Examination & Submit ArgumentsExaminationIPRP Established National Phase 22 months or 19 months30/31 monthsPCT Patent Cooperation TreatyISR International Search ReportWO Written OpinionIPRP International Preliminary Report on PatentabilityImage Source: Wikipedia

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9. Do you know how powerful patent is?★ Patents prohibit anyone other than the patent holder from making or selling the patented item (or using the business method, or planting the new plant, in the case of those patent types) without the permission of the patent holder. Namely, by preventing others from distributing, selling, or manufacturing your invention, you patent holders preserve the right to earn profits from the invention.

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11. U.S. Patents tendency in two decades NOTE:The past two decades witness a progressive and gradual growth in terms of patent application.

12. Top U.S. patent applicants (2009 & 2010)IBMWin out!!!

13. IBM, A Patent Application Leader?!31252007How many US Patents did IBM obtain in the past four years? 4186200849142009589620106000500040003100

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