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Explore the benefits of a first national filing

By Love Koči | Posted on September 21, 2011

The filing of a patent application is associated with numerous considerations. Should it be firstly filed as an international PCT application? Would it perhaps be better to directly enter one or more regional phases in combination with some selected countries of interest? Alternatively, should the application firstly be filed nationally before deciding how to proceed?...

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