Record Year for International Patent Applications in 2016, up 7.3% from 2015; Strong Demand Also for Trademark and Industrial Design Protection – WIPO press release

[caption id=""] PCT countries are in blue [/caption] The PCT, or Patent Cooperation Treaty, is a treaty between 152 countries.  It facilitates inventors’ filing their patent applications in foreign countries by providing a relatively inexpensive ‘date holder’ in all 152 countries until the inventor decides...
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