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Annotated PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty)

By Malte Köllner
Kluwer Law International December 2024

Specifications

ISBN-13
9789403503882
Publisher
Kluwer Law International
Publication
December 2024
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), with 158 Contracting States, is a fundamental legal instrument used in the filing, searching, and examination of patent applications. This matchless book provides in-depth and extensive annotations to the entire text of the PCT as of 2024, with explanations of legal principles, cross references and interrelations between legal provisions, and an extensive index. Resulting from a meticulous fusion of the two preeminent works PCT Strategy and Practice (2021) and PCT-Handbuch (17th edition, 2023), it represents the most comprehensive commentary on the PCT.

With its introductions and annotations, the book offers its users such practical benefits as the following:

  • quick retrieval of answers to practical legal questions
  • a hierarchically organized and logical structure following the articles and rules of the PCT
  • a paragraph by paragraph commentary, and
  • options available to the applicant at the various stages, including factors to consider in making a choice between them

The authors – all intellectual property experts with direct involvement with PCT development and strategy – bring inside knowledge from their work at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). This book will prove indispensable for patent lawyers worldwide as well as for trainees preparing for examinations such as the European Qualifying Examination. Patent professionals will find a wealth of guidance for day-to-day practice.

Table of Contents

Preface
History of the Book
Instructions for Use
PCT Legal Framework and Resources
Notations and Abbreviations
Introduction to the PCT
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Table of Contents of Articles
Preamble
Articles
Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Table of Contents of Regulations
Regulations
Schedule of Fees
Fee Reduction According to the Schedule of Fees

Annex 1: List of Territories
Annex 2: List of Contracting States with Time Limits for Entry into the National Phase
Annex 3: Access to Files

Index
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