Archives of PCT in the News [PDF]
2008
- Feb: Towards a Green Stone Age?
- Apr: Record Demand for WIPO Services in 2007
- Jun: Hot Property – IP Strategies in the Solar Tech Sector
2007
- Feb: Green Technologies: Electric Cars with Hydrogen Fuel Cells
- Apr: Shark shock
Zapping deadly chemicals with nano-particles
Chute to safety - Aug: WIPO website opens doors
WIPO Awards for Cuban Innovators - Oct: Harry Potter and the IP Bonanza
2006
- Jan/Feb: The robot creators
- Apr: The people behind the patents
- Aug: A tale of two SMEs
2006 World Cup: What was the IP Score? - Oct: Cashing in on Trash
Not afraid of the big bad wolf
Treating Waste with Waste - Dec: Nobel Prize for the Silence of the Genes
Metal Magician Meets Engineering Wizard
Pills from Poisons
2005
- Jan/Feb: PCT 2005 one million and counting
Inspirational innovators: Dr. Ashok Gadgil - May/Jun: New WIPO series for young people: PCT Detective
- Jul/Aug: A new web portal for patents: PATENTSCOPE
- Sep/Oct: Building biotech in Bangalore
- Nov/Dec: Meet the innovators
2004
- Mar/Apr: PCT receiving Office marks its tenth year
- May/Jun: PCT reform: sixth session of the working group
- Jul/Aug: PCT focus: patenting technologies for cleaner air
- Nov/Dec: Republic of Korea creates funds-in-trust to enhance cooperation
2003
- Jan/Feb: Nicaragua accedes to PCT
- Mar/Apr: Continuous growth in international patent application filings
- May/Jun: PCT seminar and training in Uganda
- Jul/Aug: The first PCT seminar in Iran
- Sep/Oct: Case study: "Patenting the PCT
- Nov/Dec: PCT-SAFE moves ahead
2002
- Jan: The PCT experience in India
- Feb: 100,000th PCT application filed
- Mar: PCT filings grow by 71 percent in developing countries
- Apr: Boom in international patent filing system
- Jul/Aug/Sep: PCT reform moves one step forward
- Oct: PCT applications continue to grow in developing countries
- Nov/Dec: Prototype PCT Gazette
2001
- Apr: PCT in South Africa
- Jun: Record month for PCT
- Jul/Aug: Reform of the PCT
- Sep: PCT IMPACT project to deliver first phase
- Oct: PCT electronic filing takes shape
- Nov/Dec: PCT use increases in developing countries
2000
1999
- Jan: PCT-EASY-the first step toward fully electronic applications
- Feb: Global registration systems: Patent Cooperation Treaty registers record growth in 1998
- Mar: The following new products were issued by WIPO in March 1999
- Apr: Global registration systems: WIPO joins forces to promote the PCT in Latin America
- Jul/Aug: Update on India and the PCT
- Sep: PCT fees to be reduced once again
1998
- Jul/Aug: Global protection systems and services: Pursuing PCT automation
- Sep: Global intellectual property issues: PCT-EASY moves ahead
