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Kaveri Pharma, an Indian company, files one international application designating several countries, to secure the filing date for its invention in all of them, and later decides in which countries to proceed to national phase. Under which WIPO-administered treaty is this route available?

The Patent Cooperation Treaty provides this route. One international application filed under it has effect in all designated member countries, and the applicant later chooses where to enter the national phase. Madrid covers trademarks, Hague designs and Budapest microorganism deposits.

  1. AMadrid Protocol
  2. BPatent Cooperation TreatyCorrect
  3. CHague Agreement
  4. DBudapest Treaty

Explanation

The Patent Cooperation Treaty allows a single international patent application with effect in many member states, with national phase entry later. Madrid deals with marks, Hague with industrial designs, and Budapest with deposit of microorganisms.

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