What is the purpose of PCT Article 3(1) in relation to international patent applications?
MPEP 1812 cites PCT Article 3(1), which establishes the fundamental principle of the Patent Cooperation Treaty regarding international applications. The article states: “Applications for the protection of inventions in any of the Contracting States may be filed as international applications under this Treaty.“ This provision serves several important purposes: It allows inventors to seek patent…
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MPEP 1812 outlines the basic requirements for an international patent application as specified in PCT Article 3(4). These requirements are: The application must be in a prescribed language It must comply with the prescribed physical requirements It must comply with the prescribed requirement of unity of invention It must be subject to the payment of…
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