One international application filed through WIPO preserves your filing rights for about 30 months, giving you time to decide which countries to enter before national-phase costs begin.
From $1,499 , a flat professional fee, quoted before any work begins.
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One PCT application
30 months
To national phase
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How it works
A patent professional reviews your invention and target markets. We recommend a Receiving Office and an International Searching Authority, then map the national-phase countries you may want to enter later.
We prepare the PCT specification, claims, and drawings to WIPO standards and send them for your review. Nothing is filed until you approve the application.
We file the international application via WIPO ePCT through your chosen Receiving Office, confirm the PCT application number, and docket every downstream deadline from filing day.
What it costs
PCT International Application starts from $1,499. Your PCT filing is a flat professional fee, confirmed before any work begins and based on your chosen Receiving Office and ISA. WIPO international fees and ISA search fees are passed through at cost. National-phase entry into each country you later choose uses that country's own filing flow, quoted separately.
What's included
WIPO international fees and ISA search fees are pass-through at cost. National-phase entry into each chosen country uses that country's own filing flow and is quoted separately.
Get started
Tell us about your invention and target markets. A patent professional responds within one business day with a recommended PCT routing strategy and a national-phase country shortlist.
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A PCT can claim priority from an application you filed in the last 12 months, carrying its early date worldwide. If you have one we claim it; if not, the PCT becomes your first filing.
A PCT is one international application. Pick the receiving office (usually your home country or WIPO's International Bureau). You choose the specific countries later, at "national phase" — within about 30 months of your priority date.
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Why GTC
A single PCT application preserves your filing rights across the major patent jurisdictions. You file once now and decide where to commit national-phase spend later.
Missing the national-phase deadline is generally fatal, and extensions are limited. We track international publication, the optional Chapter II demand, and national-phase entry from the day you file.
Your International Searching Authority affects search quality, downstream examination, and cost. We recommend an ISA based on your target markets and budget rather than a default.
We coordinate national-phase entries across the major jurisdictions through one team, so you are not negotiating a separate engagement in each country.
Your Customer Success Team
Every GTC client gets a dedicated Account Manager and a Senior Account Manager who learn your business and stay with you from first email to final filing. They are named people who pick up the phone and already know your matter, so every step moves forward without delay.
Your day-to-day point of contact, who coordinates every matter, keeps things moving, and already knows your file. They have your full history, so you start every conversation where the last one left off.
Senior oversight on strategy and escalations, stepping in as your needs grow, so every important detail stays on track.
A named person, on email or a call, at every step.
How we compare
| What you get | GTC | Online filing services | Doing it yourself |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written ISA selection memo for your markets | |||
| National-phase country shortlist and cost forecast | |||
| Specification drafted to satisfy EPO Article 84 | |||
| Deadline docketing through national-phase entry | |||
| One coordinated team for later national-phase entries | |||
| WIPO ePCT filing through your Receiving Office |
Written ISA selection memo for your markets
National-phase country shortlist and cost forecast
Specification drafted to satisfy EPO Article 84
Deadline docketing through national-phase entry
One coordinated team for later national-phase entries
WIPO ePCT filing through your Receiving Office
The timeline
Each date below is measured from your earliest priority date. The window gives you time to validate the invention before national-phase costs begin.
We file the international application through your chosen Receiving Office within 12 months of your earliest priority date and confirm the PCT number.
Your chosen ISA issues the International Search Report and Written Opinion, an early patentability signal from a major patent office.
WIPO publishes the application. Publication establishes its prior-art effect.
You enter national phase in each chosen country through that country's own filing flow. Missing this deadline is generally fatal.
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