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IAT International Patent filing in support of Radiation Threat Identification System Receives Positive Opinion From PCT - Supporting All Patent Claims

Published: 25 September 2008

The IAT international patent filing under the Patent Cooperation Treaty  (PCT) received full support on all 26 claims submitted. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing international patent applications for each of its Contracting States . A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application or PCT application.

The IAT PCT filing was submitted to the Receiving Office (RO) in 2007. A search was performed by the International Searching Authority (ISA), that resulted in a positive written opinion supporting the patentability of the IAT radiation threat identification system. 

The PCT written opinion is used in the patent grant procedures by each of the selected national or regional authorities. An international patent application (also called PCT application, as mentioned above) has two phases: 1) The first phase of the IAT international patent application process has been completed and met with full approval of the PCT across all 26 claims submitted. 2) The second phase is the national and regional phase which is currently underway.

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