1) Paris Convention: China is a signatory of the Paris convention, so the citizen/legal entity can file a patent application in any other signatories of the Paris convention. Furthermore, if a patent has already been filed in China, the patent applicant overseas can also claim the priority. In this way, certain time / time limit problems caused by the inability to apply for patents to multiple countries at the same time are solved.
2) PCT international application: The PCT regulates the procedure of international patent application, accordingly, an applicant can file patent applications to multiple countries through one international application. The process of PCT application includes: acceptance of international application -- international search -- international publication -- international preliminary examination (optional) -- national phase. It can solve problems such as heavy translation workload within the priority period, inability to choose the country to apply for, and inconsistent application dates. China is a member of WIPO, and the CNIPA is a receiving office, an international searching authority and an international preliminary examination authority. If there are Chinese citizens/legal entity (or long-term resident foreigners in China, or foreigners registered in China) in all applicants, the PCT international application can be filed in China through CNIPA. And desired applicant(s) can be designated when entering national phase according to the law of the corresponding countries.
Haijun team with experienced overseas professional、and has long-term and stable cooperation institution in North America, South America, Europe, Cis countries, Japan and South Korea, southeast Asia, Australia, India, west Asia and Africa. According to the differences of national patent system and the advantages and shortcomings of the above two approaches, we shall make customized international patent solution for the applicants.
