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APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

FILING A PCT NATIONAL PHASE APPLICATION Each national phase application (except for some exceptions in few countries) must be submitted within 30/31 months from the Priority Date. Each country has its own formality requirements such as translation, submission of PoA, assignment deed, etc. It is important to ensure that the action for national phase filing is initiated in timely manner for efficient completion of the filings in different countries.

PROVISIONAL PATENT A Provisional Patent is a priority placeholder, existing for only one year before expiring, thus beneficial in securing a filing date. A Provisional Patent permits an inventor to place “Patent Pending” on their invention for marketing purposes during the one-year priority period

The application must include

• A Specification (description of the invention),
• An Abstract,
• An Oath/Declaration of Inventor-ship and
• Drawings when appropriate.

As Provisional Patents can be used as priority documents for later Patent filings, the one-year priority period can be effectively used to further develop or improve the innovation.

NON-PROVISIONAL PATENT A Non-Provisional Patent Application, whether Utility, Design or Plant, covers an invention that is useful, novel, and non-obvious.

When filing a non-provisional utility patent application, it must be submitted in the English language or be accompanied by a translation in the English language, a statement that the translation is accurate, and have payment of the fee set forth in 37 CFR § 1.17(i).

• Formatting Requirements

  • Each document can be created in a PDF format, Page size 21cm x 29.7cm.
  • Top Margin 2cm, Left Margin 2.5cm, Right Margin 2cm, Bottom Margin 2cm.
  • Pages to be numbered consecutively.
  • Text to have lines in double spacing in a single column of text.
  • Text must be in Arial, Times New Roman, or Courier preferably with font size of 12.




• The Non-Provisional Patent Application package must include

  • Utility Patent Application Transmittal Form or Transmittal Letter
  • Application Data Sheet
  • Appropriate Fees (Filing Search & Examination Fee)
  • An Abstract, Description, a full set of Claims, Drawings when appropriate
  • Executed Oath or Declaration
  • Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listing (when necessary)
  • Large Tables or Computer Listings (when necessary)




• Utility Patent Application Transmittal Form The form identifies the applicant(s), the type of application, the title of the invention, the contents of the application, and any accompanying enclosures.




• Application Data Sheet Any domestic benefit claim(s) and any foreign priority claim(s) must be made in an ADS within four months from filing or 16 months from the filing date of the prior-filed application, whichever is later.




A corrected ADS may be filed to correct or update information in a previously filed ADS.

• Oath or Declaration An oath or declaration is a formal statement that must be made by the inventor in a non-provisional application, including utility, design, plant and reissue applications, must be filed together with an ADS. Each inventor must sign an oath or declaration.




• Exclusions Payment related information, should not be included as part of the document(s) submitted as they will then be available for public viewing.

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