National Phase Entry into the United States

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and Paris Convention Practice

Torrey Pines Law Group represents foreign law firms and foreign corporations with national phase entry into the United States, either through patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) or through direct national applications filed under the Paris Convention.

Before filing a US national phase application in the US Patent & Trademark Office, our patent attorneys and patent agents will thoroughly review the application with respect to claim drafting strategy and appropriate amendments to the specification to make sure the application complies with the most recent US laws, regulations, and USPTO Guidance. We are set up to efficiently manage this process electronically so that most of our services can be provided on a flat-fee basis.

Flat Fees

To avoid surprises, the firm offers flat fees to our international clientele for national phase entry. Please contact us for a listing of our updated Standard Firm Charges.

Getting Started

To advance your application through our firm, you may provide us the following items:

• The application as filed in Microsoft Word® format
• The application as published (if available)
• Any amendments filed under the PCT
• Power of attorney
• Executed assignment(s) from the inventor(s) to the client
• Executed oaths from each of the inventors
• Relevant publications for the Information Disclosure Statement (IDS), and
• If not already provided in the English language, English translations of:
• 1. the application as filed, and
  2. prior art documents

Once we have submitted your US application, we will by default forward correspondence from the USPTO including:

• Filing receipts
• Any USPTO communications
• Any prior art cited against the application
• Our docketed due dates

If you wish for us to provide substantive comments on USPTO communications, we will ask you for your prior approval and draft any recommended responses for your approval before submission to the USPTO. By default, we will keep every application "alive" unless you affirmatively instruct us to abandon the application.