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.

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2. Why patent? 1 Overview of patent application 2 Patent unlimited 3 Table of Contents

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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 Procedure 30/31 months or 20/21 months IPRP Established National Phase Respond to WO 2months ISR & WO Issued Published File Prov. Application File PCT Application Chapter I 12 months Chapter II (optional) 18 months Demand Examination & Submit Arguments Examination IPRP Established National Phase 22 months or 19 months 30/31 months PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty ISR International Search Report WO Written Opinion IPRP International Preliminary Report on Patentability Image 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) IBM Win out!!!

13. IBM, A Patent Application Leader?! 3125 2007 How many US Patents did IBM obtain in the past four years? 4186 2008 4914 2009 5896 2010 6000 5000 4000 3100

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