Applications for the protection of inventions in any of the contracting states may be filed as international applications under this treaty. Applications are filed through the national office of a contracting state which acts as the receiving office. Only a resident or national of a contracting state may file an application.
The documents and other requirements are as follows:
- A petition.
- The designation of the contracting state or states in which protection is sought.
- The particulars of the applicant.
- The title of the invention.
- The particulars of the inventor.
- The patent specification and claims, together with an abstract of the invention.
- A set of the drawings.
