Talk:Patent Cooperation Treaty

Accuracy
Beware there are inaccuracies in this article. The PCT procedure is extremely complicated and it has not been explained at all well here. [27 October 2006 by 86.30.54.33]


 * Perhaps you might indicate what the inaccuracies are, or even correct them. Certainly it is not a comprehensive review of the procedure, but this is supposed to be an encyclopedia entry, not a detailed guide to using the PCT - there is a link to the Applicant's Guide published by WIPO for anyone who needs that and anyone would be well advised to retain a patent agent for making any serious patent application anyway. I can't see anything which is actually wrong and the only particularly misleading thing that I can see is that the application need only be filed in one language (true, but you may then be required to file translations for search and/or publication), which I will fix shortly. As an encyclopedia entry, the main deficiencies which I see are the lack of detail in the history and governance, and perhaps a lack of references, which I might look at later. Tim B 10:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Audience/reader group
The nice thing about Wikipedia articles is that they can provide great depths of information without the expense of printed material. I believe that the quality of this article is of a high standard thanks to those who contributed their time and knowledge. I think it is in line with the Wikipedia's guidelines that articles should, while providing detail, also be addressed and helpful to the general public. It is somewhat unfortunate that the current version of this article uses many ideosyncracies of the legal/law making profession which, I'm afraid, are not easily comprehensible and therefore greatly reduce the value of this article to the general public. I'd like to urge all authors and contributors of this article to not forget about their readers when adding or reviewing this article in the future. Thank you. 19:26, 15 January 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.18.69.83 (talk • contribs)


 * Thank you for your compliments about the article and about your suggestion! I have added a note on the top of the talk page to reflect your concern, and indeed we may still have some work before making accessible to all readers, while at the same time accurate. When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the  link at the top. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).  The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes — they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills.  New contributors are always welcome. Thanks again for your note. --Edcolins 20:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Comparison to U.S. provisional
IMHO, comparing a PCT application to a U.S. provisional doesn't help the reader to understand what a PCT application is (besides being US-centric). The reader may not be familiar with U.S. provisionals, which are specific to U.S. patent law. Furthermore, there are many differences, such as: PCT applications are published 18 months after filing or priority date, U.S. provisionals aren't; PCT applications can claim a priority, U.S. provisionals can't; PCT applications are searched, U.S. provisionals aren't; PCT applications can be examined (IPER), U.S. provisionals can't; etc. --Edcolins (talk) 20:05, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Suggestions for ongoing updates
Hi,

Just a suggestion … a lot of the information on this page is supplied from World Intellectual Property Organization publications which are all released under CC-BY 3.0 licence. Updated information can be accessed from the PCT-specific newsletters. This might be a good place to start if thinking about improving this article and keeping the information updated.

Any information can be copied directly from the newsletters or reports using these instructions. Thanks, Isla Haddow (talk) 13:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)