Vertrag ber die internationale Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet des Patentwesens (PCT) : Ausf hrungsordnung zum PCT (in der ab 1. Juli 2018 geltenden Fassung)

The Patent Cooperation Treaty makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries by filing an "international" patent application. Such an application may be filed by anyone who is a national or a resident of a Contracting State.