Different types of patent applications
There are three types of patent applications:
- Regular Canadian Patent Application : filed in Canada under the Patent Act
- PCT National Phase Application : filed internationally under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) which subsequently enters the national phase in Canada under the Patent Rules
- Divisional Application : separation of a distinct invention from an original patent application into a distinct patent application.
PCT national phase applications
An international application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty may enter the national phase in Canada upon meeting the requirements outlined in section 154 of the Patent Rules.
Once the application has entered the PCT national phase in Canada, it is considered an application for a patent filed in Canada starting on its national entry date.
Divisional applications
A divisional application is a separate patent application which is divided from an original application where the original patent application describes more than one invention. The divisional application benefits from the same filing date as the original application.
if the patent application filed at CIPO contains more than one invention then a divisional application is filed, which is discloses and claims the distinct invention which was part of the parent patent application.
When your invention does not satisy the requirement of unity of invention and you wish to obtain patent for all the inventions from your patent application, then a divisional patent application is filed at Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
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