Iran patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent with regards to the invention claimed by the applicant. An application comprises of a description of the invention together with official forms and correspondence. The term Iran patent application is also used to refer to the process of applying for a patent.
In order to obtain the grant of a patent, the individual must file an application at a patent office with jurisdiction to grant a patent in the geographic area over which coverage is required. Once the patent specification complies with the laws of the patent office, a patent may be granted for the invention described and claimed by the specification. In general Iran patent application may be defined as:
- 1. The legal state of affairs that is formed when a person requests the competent authority to grant him a patent and that request is still pending.
- 2. The content of the documents filed by the person with a view to initiating the above; which includes a description of the invention together with at least one claim defining the concept.
- 3. Depending upon the office at which a patent application is filed, that application could either be an application for a patent in a given country, or may be an application for a patent in a range of countries.
National applications may either be filed directly, or may result from a regional application or from an Iran application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), once it enters the national phase. A regional patent application is one, which may have effect in a range of countries.
Filing for an application and its’ execution at a regional granting office is advantageous as it allows patents to be obtained from various countries without having to prosecute applications in all those nations. The cost of obtaining patent protection is, therefore, reduced.
The Iran patent application is operated by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and provides a centralized application process, but patents are not granted under the treaty. The PCT system enables an applicant to file a single patent application in a single language.
The Iran patent application, called an Iran application, can, at a later date, lead to the grant of a patent in any of the states that have contract with the PCT. WIPO performs many of the formalities of a patent application in a centralized manner, therefore, avoiding the need to repeat the steps in all countries in which a patent may ultimately be granted. The WIPO coordinates searches performed by any one of the Iran Searching Authorities.
The other stages of Iran patent application such as naming inventors and applicants, and filing certified copies of priority documents can be done centrally, and does not have to be repeated. The main advantage of proceeding via the PCT route gives the persons applying for Iran patent application the option of obtaining patents in a wide range of countries and at the same time the cost of applying in large numbers is reduced.