{"id":1082,"date":"2017-02-27T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/?p=1082\/"},"modified":"2018-09-06T17:25:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:25:36","slug":"european-international-patent-application-ep-pct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/european-international-patent-application-ep-pct\/","title":{"rendered":"European and International Patent Application (EP\/ PCT)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patent protection abroad<\/h2>\n

Patents are only valid in the country for which they have been granted (principle of territoriality). Patents granted by the DPMA have effect in the Federal Republic of Germany. You have a choice of several routes for obtaining patent protection of your invention in other countries.<\/p>\n

If you wish to obtain protection for your invention in just a few countries in addition to the country of first filing, it might be useful to file individual applications in the respective countries. The Innovaccess site provides guidance and information on this issue concerning the Member States of the European Union.<\/p>\n

If you seek broad regional or worldwide protection for your invention, you can file a European or an international patent application. This is an efficient way to request patent protection in many countries, by filing a single application. However, there is no such thing as a ‚world patent‘.<\/p>\n

\nEuropean patents<\/h3>\n

The European Patent Office carries out a specific European patent grant procedure.
\nInformation on this procedure is available on the homepage of the European Patent Office at http:\/\/www.epo.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nInternational patent applications under the PCT<\/h3>\n

It is also possible to file an international patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
\nInformation on the PCT procedure is available on the homepage of WIPO at
\nhttp:\/\/www.wipo.int\/pct\/en<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patent protection abroad Patents are only valid in the country for which they have been granted (principle of territoriality). Patents granted by the DPMA have effect in the Federal Republic of Germany. You have a choice of several routes for obtaining patent protection of your invention in other countries. If you wish to obtain protection […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,47,52,48,53,49,34,56,50,51],"tags":[57,58,40,16,59],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein","category-ep","category-epo","category-european-patent-application","category-european-patent-office","category-international-patent-application","category-patent-application","category-patent-law","category-pct-application","category-wipo","tag-ep","tag-epo","tag-patent-application","tag-patent-attorney","tag-wipo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paf1JR-hs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2174,"url":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/registration-of-intellectual-property-rights-in-germany\/","url_meta":{"origin":1082,"position":0},"title":"Registration of Intellectual Property Rights in Germany","author":"horak Attorneys at law","date":"19. Februar 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Germany offers several types of intellectual property (IP) protection, including patents, utility models, trademarks, and designs. Each of these rights is registered through different procedures, with varying costs and legal requirements. 1. Patents (Patente) A patent grants its owner the exclusive right to use and commercialize an invention for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Allgemein"","block_context":{"text":"Allgemein","link":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/allgemein\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2171,"url":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/types-of-patents-in-natural-and-engineering-sciences\/","url_meta":{"origin":1082,"position":1},"title":"Types of Patents in Natural and Engineering Sciences","author":"horak Attorneys at law","date":"12. Februar 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"1. Utility Patents a) Mechanical Engineering Utility patents in mechanical engineering protect new machines, devices, and manufacturing processes. Example: US Patent No. 6,000,000 covered an innovative way to assemble a bicycle chain more efficiently. Legal Considerations: Novelty and non-obviousness are key (35 U.S.C. \u00a7 102, 103). Functional aspects are emphasized\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "European Patent Application"","block_context":{"text":"European Patent Application","link":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/european-patent-application\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attorney-patent.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}