Contemporary era · 1970

Patent Cooperation Treaty

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application.

Patent Cooperation Treaty · Wikimedia Commons
When
19 Jun 1970
Where
Washington, D.C.
Era
Contemporary

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