Year by year, the PCT Community of member states is getting larger, since more and more countries recognize the usefulness and the advantages of the PCT for applicants. Use of the PCT saves time, work and money and eases the prosecution of a global patent strategy in a number of countries which has presently increased to 138 (Status on October 2007) contracting states in total.
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Rupprecht, K. (2008). The PCT and the Enforcement of Patents in Europe. In: Wendler, M., Tremml, B., Buecker, B. (eds) Key Aspects of German Business Law. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68577-7_32
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