Reasons for Filing in Canada
- Productive and cost effective Patent Prosecution;
- 4-month or 6-month office action response term;
- 1 year grace period for prior disclosures directly or indirectly from the inventors or the applicant;
- PCT standard for unity of invention;
- Options for Expedited Examination through Advanced Examination or Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH);
- Patent examination may be delayed by delaying the request for examination until 4 years from filing date to benefit from prosecution in other jurisdictions;
- Sizeable Canadian market with options for patent enforcement;
- Permissive divisional practice;
- No translation needed, if already drafted in/translated into English or French; and
- the Carbon Patent Group.