Service Overview

Eeva Patent Services offers expert assistance in preparing and filing PCT applications, managing every step from the initial application to the transition to national phase entries. Our team ensures that all paperwork is meticulously prepared, and all procedural requirements are met to optimize your application's success.

Benefits to Clients

• Global Reach: Filing a PCT application allows inventors to seek protection in over 150 member countries through a single application, simplifying the process and reducing administrative burdens.

• Cost Efficiency: Reduces the need for multiple filings in individual countries, significantly cutting down costs associated with international patent protection.

• Strategic Planning: Provides a 30-month window from the priority date before entering national phases, offering more time for strategic decisions based on commercial potential or further development of the invention.

• Expert Guidance: Navigating international patent laws can be complex, and Eeva provides the expertise to manage this process smoothly, ensuring compliance with international standards.

Service Overview

Convention Applications Filing:

Convention Applications enable inventors to file separate patent applications in multiple countries, each claiming priority from the same initial application filed in one of the member countries of the Paris Convention. Eeva Patent Services coordinates the filing of these applications, ensuring submission within stringent timelines to maintain the priority date established by the original filing.

PCT National Phase Filing:

Overview:After the initial PCT application, the national phase involves entering specific countries selected by the applicant for active pursuit of patent protection. Eeva Patent Services manages this complex process, adhering to the diverse legal systems and languages of each chosen country.

Benefits to Clients

Convention Applications Filing:

• Priority Advantage: Leverages the priority date of the original application, which can be crucial in competitive fields where timing affects patent rights.

• Flexibility: Offers control over where and when to file, allowing businesses to tailor their patent strategy based on market needs and business changes.

• Direct Control: Facilitates quicker engagements with local patent offices, potentially speeding up examination and grant processes in each jurisdiction.

• Customized Strategy: Enables a targeted approach to patent protection, focusing efforts and resources on markets that offer the highest return on investment.

PCT National Phase Filing:

• Seamless Management: Handles the logistical and administrative challenges of entering national phases, including meeting various national deadlines and requirements.

• Localized Expertise: Utilizes a network of local agents to optimize filings for local patent laws and practices, enhancing the likelihood of patent grant.

• Strategic Entry: Advises on which countries to enter for national phase filing based on commercial importance, potential market size, and legal protections available.

• Cost-Effective: Manages costs through strategic decision-making about where to file and pursue patents, focusing resources on countries with the greatest commercial potential.

Service Overview

Eeva Patent Services offers comprehensive management of this process, ensuring that each application is optimally positioned for success in foreign markets.

Benefits to Clients

• Expert Representation: Provides representation by experienced professionals who understand the nuances of each jurisdiction's patent laws.

• Defensive Preparation: Proactively addresses potential legal challenges or objections that could arise during the prosecution process.

• Enhanced Communication: Facilitates communication between the inventor and foreign patent offices, ensuring that responses and documentation are appropriately tailored to each country's specific requirements.

• Strategic Prosecution: Manages the prosecution process strategically to enhance the strength and breadth of patent protection, while also considering the cost implications of various prosecution paths.

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