International protection of a patent
There exist several methods in dependance of the number of countries where the protection is needed:
1. Through national patent offices in individual countries (in case small number of countries are involved), the price consists of translation + government fees + honorarius to the patent attorney in stated country
2. Trough the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system – with one patent application may be the patent filed to the World Intellectual Property Organization and in 30 months from the priority date must the application choose in which countries should the patent be entered – in theis case the price consists of translation + government fees + honorarius to the patent attorney in stated country (the costs are lower than through the national registration)
3. Through the European patent –if only European countried would be involved – (costs would be again lower than in previous methods)