{"id":10395,"date":"2019-07-16T12:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T12:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sib.it\/?p=10395"},"modified":"2019-07-16T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T14:42:56","slug":"from-pct-application-to-italian-patent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/flash-news\/italy-confirms-new-direct-route-from-international-pct-application-to-national-patent\/","title":{"rendered":"From PCT application to Italian patent: new direct route confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-color: #FFFFFF;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Copertina.png\" alt=\"from PCT application to Italian patent\" width=\"650\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Copertina.png 650w, https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Copertina-150x108.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Copertina-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;\">\n<p><em>Applicants will soon be able to obtain patent protection in Italy directly via an international PCT application.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.normattiva.it\/uri-res\/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:2019-06-28;58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian Law No. 34\/2019<\/a> &#8211; in force since 30 June 2019 &#8211; has confirmed <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sib.info\/e\/t?q=4%3dHaCZ%263%3dUFZ%265%3daBW%266%3dWAaJa%265%3d9ANzJ_9ucq_J5_2rjt_B7_9ucq_I07ND.HyI454KzPk.0A_Latg_VpL9C-260_Latg_VpoIp3_IhwZ_TwO2E_9uc2r5kq_J5x09_Latg_WkJA54F_9ucq_J5n6tLoK6.Fo8x9_2rjt_C2IdAZ-QX-Ca_9ucq_J6CU!CCq_IhwZ_Tu%268%3d%26sJ%3dHcFR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legislative Decree No. 34\/2019<\/a> which had recently introduced an important change in the procedure to obtain an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/patents\/inventions-insights\/patents\/italian-patents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian patent<\/a> via an international PCT application.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the only way to obtain patent protection in Italy by means of an international PCT application was via a European patent which would then be validated in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>By amending the Italian Industrial Property Code, the new legislation has now also made it possible to <strong>obtain an Italian patent via an international PCT application by opening an Italian national phase directly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This simplification brings obvious advantages, including a reduction of time and cost.<\/p>\n<p>However, before the new provision can take effect further implementation rules must be issued by the Ministry for Economic Development.<\/p>\n<p>More news soon!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applicants will soon be able to obtain patent protection in Italy directly via an international PCT application. &nbsp; Italian Law No. 34\/2019 &#8211; in force since 30 June 2019 &#8211; has confirmed Legislative Decree No. 34\/2019 which had recently introduced an important change in the procedure to obtain an Italian patent via an international PCT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From PCT application to Italian patent: new direct route confirmed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Applicants will soon be able to obtain patent protection 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