Patentext Services prepares and files your international application, manages deadlines and prosecution, and helps your company plan where to pursue patent protection next.
Patentext Services are delivered through the Patentext platform. A paid Discovery plan, starting at $30/month, is required while your application is active.
A PCT application lets your company pursue patent protection across participating countries without filing separately in each one right away. It gives you more time to evaluate where international protection is commercially worthwhile.
The PCT does not itself grant patent rights in every country; your application must eventually enter the national or regional phase in each market where you want protection. Before then, your company needs to interpret the international search results, assess how they affect the claims and filing strategy, manage international-phase deadlines, and decide which jurisdictions justify the cost of continuing.
Patentext Services manages the whole process, all while helping your team make each decision in the context of the invention and your company's priorities.
* The $8,000 service fee includes up to $3,000 in PCT filing and search fees. Government fees vary based on factors including the application's length. If applicable fees exceed $3,000, Patentext will invoice the additional amount separately. National-phase filing fees, translations, foreign associate fees, and prosecution before individual national or regional patent offices are not included.
Subscribe to the Patentext platform and upload the provisional or non-provisional application, filing receipt, drawings, and any related technical materials that will form the basis of the PCT filing.
Patentext confirms the applicable priority deadline, reviews the available filing record, and identifies anything else needed before work begins.
Get started in PatentextYour assigned USPTO-registered patent agent reviews the priority application, existing claims, filing history, and the invention context already captured in the Patentext platform.
They will then develop the PCT filing strategy, identify any material that should be added or revised, and prepare the application around your company's technical and commercial priorities.
The patent agent prepares the PCT application and required filing documents using the existing application, structured invention record, and agreed international filing strategy.
Your team reviews the application for technical accuracy, claim coverage, inventorship, applicant information, and filing details.
Once your team approves the application, Patentext Services prepares the final filing package and submits it through the United States Receiving Office, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office selected as the International Searching Authority. Support for alternative receiving offices and searching authorities is coming in the future.
Patentext Services tracks the application throughout the international phase and keeps the matter connected to the underlying invention record. When the International Searching Authority issues its search report and written opinion, a USPTO-registered patent agent reviews the findings and explains their potential significance for the application.
Any work outside the agreed international-phase scope will be discussed before additional fees are incurred.
Before the applicable national-phase deadlines, Patentext helps your company decide where continued protection is commercially justified. Patentext supports the decision process by organizing:
National-phase filings are separate engagements. Government fees, translation expenses, foreign associate charges, and local prosecution costs are not included in the $8,000 PCT service fee.
Patentext Services can continue managing the application after filing through separately scoped, flat-fee services. Additional support may include:
The recommended scope and fee depend on the application, the search results, the countries under consideration, and the work required. Patentext will confirm the scope and price before beginning any additional work.
| Traditional patent firm | Filing-only provider | Patentext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical PCT service price | Often $12,000–$15,000+, depending on application length and scope | Lower filing charge, with strategy and later management often excluded | $8,000 service fee, including up to $3,000 in PCT fees |
| Who prepares and manages the filing? | Patent attorney or registered patent agent | Varies | USPTO-registered patent agent |
| Application and claim strategy review included? | Varies by engagement | Often limited | ✓ |
| International search report and written opinion review included? | Often billed separately | Usually not | ✓ |
| International-phase deadline tracking included? | Varies | Varies | ✓ |
| National-phase decision support included? | Often billed separately | Usually not | ✓ |
A PCT application is an international patent application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. It allows an applicant to begin a centralized international filing process rather than immediately filing separate applications in every country being considered. The application later must enter the national or regional phase in each jurisdiction where the applicant ultimately wants to pursue patent protection. Using the PCT for international patent prosecution often saves costs and provides more time to make key decisions.
No, there is no single worldwide patent. A PCT application preserves the ability to pursue protection in participating countries, but patents are ultimately examined and granted by individual national or regional patent offices after national or regional phase entry.
Patentext Services charges $8,000 for its standard PCT application service. The price includes preparation and filing of the PCT application, practitioner review, company revisions within the agreed scope, international-phase deadline tracking, and review of the international search report and written opinion. The price also includes up to $3,000 in applicable PCT filing and search fees.
International-phase prosecution support and management of national-phase planning and decisions are separately scoped, flat-fee services.
PCT government fees vary and may increase for applications containing a large number of pages, for applicants with more than 500 employees, or for other non-standard filing requirements. Patentext Services' $8,000 service fee includes up to $3,000 in PCT filing and search fees. If the applicable fees exceed that amount, Patentext will notify your company and invoice the difference separately.
Patentext Services files PCT applications through the United States Patent and Trademark Office acting as the Receiving Office. This filing route is generally available when at least one of the applicants is a US person or entity. This means that we currently do not file PCT applications for foreign applicants with no corresponding US entity.
Patentext Services currently selects the United States Patent and Trademark Office as the International Searching Authority. The USPTO conducts the international search and issues an international search report and written opinion addressing issues such as novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability. We will be adding support for other international searching authorities in the future.
The international search report identifies published documents that the International Searching Authority considers potentially relevant to the claims in the PCT application. It is accompanied by a written opinion containing the authority's preliminary assessment of whether the claims appear to satisfy certain patentability standards.
These findings are informative but do not grant or deny a patent. Individual national and regional patent offices conduct their own examination after national-phase entry.
Patentext Services reviews the international search report and written opinion and advises your company on the available international-phase options.
Article 19 amendments, Article 34 amendments, Chapter II demands, and any related response or prosecution work are separately scoped and subject to additional fees. Patentext Services will confirm the recommended approach, scope, and price before beginning that work.
A PCT application claiming priority to an earlier application generally must be filed within 12 months of the earliest application whose priority will be claimed. Because missed priority deadlines can result in the loss of important rights, provide Patentext Services with the earlier application's filing information and deadline as early as possible.
National or regional phase entry is generally required around 30 months from the earliest claimed priority date, although the exact deadline and requirements vary by jurisdiction. The Patentext platform tracks the relevant deadlines and helps your company plan its national-phase decisions before entry is due.
Patentext Services can help organize the countries and regions under consideration, track applicable deadlines, gather estimated requirements and costs, coordinate instructions, and manage the decision process.
National-phase applications themselves are separate engagements. Local filing fees, translations, foreign associate fees, and prosecution costs are not included in the PCT service fee.
Patentext Services can manage and coordinate national-phase entry through qualified foreign associates and regional practitioners. The countries selected, local requirements, projected costs, and division of responsibilities will be confirmed before national-phase work begins. Those filings and third-party costs are priced separately from the PCT application service.
Yes. Patentext Services are delivered through the Patentext platform, so a paid workspace is required while your application is active. Discovery plans start at $30 per month and are billed separately from the $8,000 PCT application service. The workspace gives your team and the assigned patent agent one place to review the priority application, prepare the international filing, manage documents, review search results, track deadlines, and plan national-phase entry.
Your PCT application is prepared and managed by a USPTO-registered patent agent. The Patentext platform supports structured invention context, drafting, review, and deadline management. Under Patentext Services, the registered practitioner directs the work and remains responsible for the application and filing strategy.
Yes. Patentext Services can prepare a PCT application claiming priority to an eligible application drafted by another firm, practitioner, or internal team. The assigned patent agent will review the existing application, filing records, drawings, claims, and any subsequent technical developments before confirming the scope and filing plan.
No. Patentext Services' $8,000 service includes the PCT filing and management of the international phase, including up to $3,000 in applicable PCT filing and search fees. National or regional phase filing fees, translations, foreign associate fees, and prosecution before individual patent offices are separate.
Yes. Your company can use Patentext to prepare and manage the PCT application while continuing to work with existing U.S. or international counsel. Responsibilities for the international filing, search-report response, national-phase recommendations, foreign-associate instructions, and later prosecution should be clearly defined before work begins.
Patentext helps you file the PCT application, navigate the international phase, and decide where continued protection is worth the investment.
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