What is a registered patent vs pct international application?
Registered Patent vs. International PCT, sometimes inventors do not make the distinction between patent and international PCT, although both are filed with the Patent Authority, but these are two different procedures that confer different rights to the inventor.
International patent what is? First, what is a registered patent?
Registered patent is a legal right granted to the applicant for a patent registration application, if the applicant complies with the Patents Law and Patent Law, a patent examiner will grant the applicant a registered patent.
A registered patent expires for a period of twenty years from the date of filing of the patent application, the registered patent holder has a monopoly on the invention and can prevent others from exploiting the invention by applying to a court for injunction or compensation for the patent infringement.
From the date of filing of a patent application, the applicant has a first date under the Paris Convention, which means that the applicant can file additional patent applications outside of Israel, for example if he first filed a patent application in Israel, but must submit the applications in the additional countries before 12 months from the date of the Israeli patent application.
Alternatively or in addition, an applicant for a patent application may apply under the PCT Convention which is an international application.
International Patent is not a registered patent
What is International PCT? – Not International Patent
What is international pct.? An applicant may apply under the PCT Convention (Patent Cooperation Treaty) an application under the PCT Convention may be submitted as a first application, rather than a patent application or a second application.
In other words, the applicant first submits a patent application and before 12 months from the filing of the patent application, submits a pct request, in this way the applicant can reject the individual applications for each country he wishes to defend, for example, to reject the US patent application for another year and a half.
That is, in the first year, the applicant will take advantage of the Paris Convention, and before 12 months will apply under the PCT Convention and will be saved under this Convention for another year and a half, ie from the date of the first patent application, there will be a 30 month applicant (about two and a half months) until the patent applications in the different countries .
There is no international patent
In the interests of good order, there is no international patent, no single application granting a patent right in all countries, but as mentioned, an application can be made under the PCT Convention (inadvertently called an international patent) that retains the date of the (law forward) in the other countries that signed the treaty.
In other words, saving the due date allows the applicant in one state to apply later and demanding the date of the early application already filed, in case a competitor files a patent application in that state, if the applicant meets the deadline, the same applicant will receive the premature date known as forward. This will prevent the late applicant from seizing his right to the invention.
International patent no, selling Israeli patents in the world yes
Inventors are often debating whether Israeli patents are successful in the world, the answer is yes, many patents have succeeded in the world with the help of creativity and entrepreneurship in Israel (see article: Israeli patents) e.g. solar heater, multi-bolt, soft & easy, stent and more.
Many inventors who apply for a patent and apply to companies and investors to obtain funding for patent development, or to prove and carry out research and development of the invention and to build a model.
Patent selling can actually be done at a stage where there is no patent, that is, do not sell a patent, but sell a patent application right, which means that many entrepreneurs first only apply for a patent registration, after this stage they start business in search of investors and companies that later invest in individual patent registration in each country. , In prototype construction, mass production and marketing and business planning (see: Registered Patent vs. Patent Registration at the Patent Office).
The above information is partial and incomplete, a patent attorney should be consulted on a case-by-case basis individually and with technical and business staff. We incorporate different roles in our work that can help an inventor or company to advance and realize their inventions.
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