Advantages of an international application

The PCT is an international treaty that has been concluded in Washington in 1970 AD and came into force action in 1974 AD; it is one of the important treaties of the international patent system because it provides an international system that facilitates the procedures for filing patent applications. It is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), its membership reached 153 members. The application filed through the treaty passes undergoes the following stages: filing, international search, international publication, additional international search (optional), international preliminary examination (optional) and the national phase.

Therefore, PCT is a system for filing patent applications which does not provide an “international patent”, as the methods for protecting patent applications are either by filing an application at the National Office and Protection within the borders of the state or by filing an application before one of the regional and protection offices at the regional level such as the Gulf Patent Office that protects the patent in the Gulf states and other regional offices.

The applicant must adhere to a 30-month deadline and make a decision to select countries within a sufficient period before the end of the international phase. However, the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property grants a grace period, as stipulated in rule 49, paragraph 6 of the treaty system (two months from the date of causes of non-compliance or 12 months from the expiry of the period entry to the national phase, whichever occurs first, provided submitting a petition which includes justifications for non-compliance and payment of service fee ).



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The expiration of 30 months period:

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There are four types of fees when filing an international application, which are:

<ol>
	<li>The International filing fee.</li>
	<li>The research fee.</li>
	<li>The simple fee for transferring that varies by different patent offices.</li>
	<li>The priority fees.</li>
</ol>

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You can get more information about the treaty fees at the following website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/pct/en/fees.pdf">https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/pct/en/fees.pdf</a>

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<ul>
	<li>
	1000 riyals, the applicant is an individual. 
	2000 riyals, the applicant is a company or institution (legal capacity).
	</li>
	<li>
	Bank account details:

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	Send the application form and a copy of the payment receipt to the email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:pct@saip.gov.sa">pct@saip.gov.sa</a>
	</li>
</ul>

Application Fee:

Costs of filing the application according to the treaty:

Decide if you need to submit an international application?

First: The International phases: 

Second: The national phase:

National Phase Entry:

Required conditions:

<ol>
	<li>The patent application have to be filed within the 30-month deadline from the date of the first filing (priority), and if there is no precedence, the 30-month period is calculated from the international application filing date.</li>
	<li>Translating the application into Arabic.</li>
	<li>Paying the patent application filing fee.</li>
	<li>A copy of the international application (in case of entering the national phase early, that is, before the International Bureau sends a copy of the international application).</li>
	<li>Under Chapter One: translating protection elements as amended and any statement under Article 19.</li>
	<li>Under Chapter Two: translating the attachments of the international preliminary examination report regarding patentability.</li>
	<li>Fulfill some certain conditions under Rule number 51 of the treaty law (amendment of the agent or inventor’s oath, declaration or designated, etc.. ).</li>
</ol>

Application form to return the right in order to enter the national phase: 
<a href="https://externalportal-backend-production.saip.gov.sa/sites/default/files/2022-02/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A91_0.pdf">The form download link</a>.

The mechanism for submitting a petition to the Authority

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The phases of the international application

The PCT is an international treaty that has been concluded in Washington in 1970 AD and came into force action in 1974 AD; it is one of the important treaties of the international patent system because it provides an international system that facilit

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