Patentext Services prepares and files your international application, manages deadlines and prosecution, and helps your company plan where to pursue patent protection next.
Patentext Services are delivered through the Patentext platform. A paid Discovery plan, starting at $30/month, is required while your application is active.
A PCT application lets your company pursue patent protection across participating countries without filing separately in each one right away. It gives you more time to evaluate where international protection is commercially worthwhile.
The PCT does not itself grant patent rights in every country; your application must eventually enter the national or regional phase in each market where you want protection. Before then, your company needs to interpret the international search results, assess how they affect the claims and filing strategy, manage international-stage deadlines, and decide which jurisdictions justify the cost of continuing.
Patentext manages the whole process, all while helping your team make each decision in the context of the invention and your company's priorities.
* The $8,000 service fee includes up to $3,000 in PCT filing and search fees. Government fees vary based on factors including the application's length. If applicable fees exceed $3,000, Patentext will invoice the additional amount separately. National-stage filing fees, translations, foreign associate fees, and prosecution before individual national or regional patent offices are not included.
Subscribe to the Patentext platform and upload the provisional or non-provisional application, filing receipt, drawings, and any related technical materials that will form the basis of the PCT filing.
Patentext confirms the applicable priority deadline, reviews the available filing record, and identifies anything else needed before work begins.
Get started in PatentextYour assigned USPTO-registered patent agent reviews the priority application, existing claims, filing history, and the invention context already captured in Patentext.
The patent agent prepares the PCT application and required filing documents using the existing application, structured invention record, and agreed international filing strategy.
Your team reviews the application for technical accuracy, claim coverage, inventorship, applicant information, and filing details. Patentext incorporates the agreed revisions before finalizing the package.
Once your team approves the application, Patentext Services prepares the final filing package and submits it through the United States Receiving Office, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office selected as the International Searching Authority.
Patentext tracks the application throughout the international stage and keeps the matter connected to the underlying invention record. When the International Searching Authority issues its search report and written opinion, a USPTO-registered patent agent reviews the findings and explains their potential significance for the application.
Any work outside the agreed international-stage scope will be discussed before additional fees are incurred.
Before the applicable national-stage deadlines, Patentext helps your company decide where continued protection is commercially justified. Patentext supports the decision process by organizing countries under consideration, applicable entry deadlines, estimated filing and translation requirements, foreign associate coordination, and commercial priorities and budget considerations.
National-stage filings are separate engagements. Government fees, translation expenses, foreign associate charges, and local prosecution costs are not included in the $8,000 PCT service fee.
| Traditional patent firm | Filing-only provider | Patentext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical PCT service price | Often $8,000–$15,000+, depending on application length and scope | Lower filing charge, with strategy and later management often excluded | $8,000 service fee, including up to $3,000 in PCT fees |
| Who prepares and manages the filing? | Patent attorney or registered patent agent | Varies | USPTO-registered patent agent |
| Application and claim strategy review included? | Varies by engagement | Often limited | ✓ |
| International search report and written opinion review included? | Often billed separately | Usually not | ✓ |
| International-stage deadline tracking included? | Varies | Varies | ✓ |
| National-stage decision support included? | Often billed separately | Usually not | ✓ |
| National-stage coordination included? | Varies | Usually not | ✓ |
| Connected to the original invention record and related filings? | Usually managed through separate files and correspondence | No | ✓ |
A PCT application is an international patent application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. It allows an applicant to begin a centralized international filing process rather than immediately filing separate applications in every country being considered. The application later must enter the national or regional phase in each jurisdiction where the applicant ultimately wants to pursue patent protection.
No, there is no single worldwide patent. A PCT application preserves the ability to pursue protection in participating countries, but patents are ultimately examined and granted by individual national or regional patent offices after national-stage entry.
Patentext Services charges $8,000 for its standard PCT application service. The price includes preparation and filing of the PCT application, practitioner review, company revisions within the agreed scope, international-stage deadline tracking, review of the international search report and written opinion, international-stage prosecution support, and management of national-stage planning and decisions.
The price also includes up to $3,000 in applicable PCT filing and search fees.
PCT government fees vary and may increase for applications containing a large number of pages or other non-standard filing requirements. Patentext Services' $8,000 service fee includes up to $3,000 in PCT filing and search fees. If the applicable fees exceed that amount, Patentext will notify your company and invoice the difference separately.
Yes. Patentext Services are delivered through the Patentext platform, so a paid workspace is required while your application is active. Discovery plans start at $30 per month and are billed separately from the $8,000 PCT application service. The workspace gives your team and the assigned patent agent one place to review the priority application, prepare the international filing, manage documents, review search results, track deadlines, and plan national-stage entry.
Patentext Services currently files PCT applications through the United States Patent and Trademark Office acting as the Receiving Office. This filing route is generally available when the applicable applicant or applicants satisfy the eligibility requirements for filing through the United States Receiving Office.
Patentext Services currently selects the United States Patent and Trademark Office as the International Searching Authority. The USPTO conducts the international search and issues an international search report and written opinion addressing issues such as novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability.
The international search report identifies published documents that the International Searching Authority considers potentially relevant to the claims in the PCT application. It is accompanied by a written opinion containing the authority's preliminary assessment of whether the claims appear to satisfy certain patentability standards.
These findings are informative but do not grant or deny a patent. Individual national and regional patent offices conduct their own examination after national-stage entry.
Patentext Services' PCT scope includes review of the international search report and written opinion, advice regarding the available international-stage options, and management of an appropriate response within the agreed scope.
The appropriate approach depends on the findings, the claims, the applicant's national-stage plans, and whether amendments or further international preliminary examination would provide meaningful value. Substantial additional drafting or work outside the agreed scope may require a separate fee, which Patentext Services will discuss before beginning the work.
International-stage prosecution refers to work performed after the PCT application is filed but before it enters individual national or regional patent offices. Depending on the matter, this may include reviewing the international search report and written opinion, advising on response options, preparing permitted amendments or responses, managing deadlines, and refining the national-stage strategy. It does not include prosecution before individual foreign patent offices after national-stage entry.
A PCT application claiming priority to an earlier application generally must be filed within 12 months of the earliest application whose priority will be claimed. Because missed priority deadlines can result in the loss of important rights, provide Patentext Services with the earlier filing information and deadline as early as possible.
National or regional phase entry is generally required around 30 months from the earliest claimed priority date, although the exact deadline and requirements vary by jurisdiction. The Patentext platform tracks the relevant deadlines and helps your company plan its national-stage decisions before entry is due.
The Patentext platform helps organize the countries and regions under consideration, track applicable deadlines, gather estimated requirements and costs, coordinate instructions, and manage the decision process.
National-stage applications themselves are separate engagements. Local filing fees, translations, foreign associate fees, and prosecution costs are not included in the PCT service fee.
Patentext Services can manage and coordinate national-stage entry through qualified foreign associates and regional practitioners. The countries selected, local requirements, projected costs, and division of responsibilities will be confirmed before national-stage work begins. Those filings and third-party costs are priced separately from the PCT application service.
Your PCT application is prepared and managed by a USPTO-registered patent agent. The Patentext platform supports structured invention context, drafting, review, and deadline management. Under Patentext Services, the registered practitioner directs the work and remains responsible for the application and filing strategy.
Yes. Patentext Services can prepare a PCT application claiming priority to an eligible application drafted by another firm, practitioner, or internal team. The assigned patent agent will review the existing application, filing records, drawings, claims, and any subsequent technical developments before confirming the scope and filing plan.
No. Patentext Services' $8,000 service includes the PCT filing and management of the international stage, including up to $3,000 in applicable PCT filing and search fees. National or regional phase filing fees, translations, foreign associate fees, and prosecution before individual patent offices are separate.
Yes. Your company can use Patentext to prepare and manage the PCT application while continuing to work with existing U.S. or international counsel. Responsibilities for the international filing, search-report response, national-stage recommendations, foreign-associate instructions, and later prosecution should be clearly defined before work begins.
Patentext helps you file the PCT application, navigate the international stage, and decide where continued protection is worth the investment.
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