Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international patent system.

This book, published in 1995, is intended to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

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.

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.

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.

"This publication contains the consolidated text of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and of the regulations under the PCT"--T.p. verso