These case studies demonstrate how the PCT has been used in the real world to promote innovation in both developed and developing countries. They have been extracted from the IP Advantage database which provides a one-stop gateway to case studies that chronicle the intellectual property experiences of inventors, creators, entrepreneurs and researchers from across the globe.
| Industry | From | Name | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durable Household Products | Philippines | Rising Above the Competition | patents, national Office Philippines, international search report, enforcement, licensing |
| Industrial Engineering | United States of America | Patenting for Cleaner Air | advantages of international search report, National Phase entry, correction of defects, procedural aspects |
| Health Care Equipment and Services | Australia | Devising a Smart Business Strategy | patents, joint ownership, licensing, assignment, confidentiality agreement patent families, awards |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Germany | Quality and Innovation through IP Protection | national patent, national Office Germany, external patent agent, European Patent Office, filing strategies, confidentiality agreement, cross-licensing agreement, licensing, enforcement, award, business result, national Office United States of America |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Singapore | Painless Bone Regeneration | patents, national Office Singapore, market size |
| Health Care Equipment and Services | Italy, Republic of Korea | The Capsule Crawler: Inside View Made Easy | joint-venture, national patents, award |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Norway, Switzerland | Strategic Partnership and IP Policy for Competing against Pharmaceutical Giants | patents, research and development, Norway, Canada, China, European Patent Office, Japan, Commonwealth, United States of America, trade secrets, public domain, enforcement, patent invalidation by courts |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | India | Building on a Foundation of IP | patents, patent information, research and development, partnerships, European Patent Office, national Office India |
| Software and Computer Services | Germany | From IP Setbacks to IP Success | patents, licensing, research and development, intellectual property management, costs of international protection |
| Building Materials and Fixtures | Germany | A Green Stone Age for the Future | patents, national Office Germany, research and development, SMEs, licensing, technology transfer |
| Clothing and Accessories | Italy | From Seamstress to International Sartorial Status | research and development, regional patent, process patent |
| Software and Computer Services | Italy | Successful Technology Transfer through a Spin-off Company | start-up company, exclusive license, technology transfer, research and development, intellectual property cycle |
| Durable Household Products | India, United States of America | Ingenious Simplicity: Using Light to Clean Drinking Water in Developing Countries | award, social aspects, financing, USAIDS, licensing, technology transfer |
| Industrial Engineering | Spain | The Sun and IP: A Recipe for Socio-Economic Development | research and development, trade secrets, intellectual property ownership, regional patent applications, national Office Spain, licensing, partnership, social aspects, environmentally sound technologies |
| Health Care Equipment and Services | Japan | A Painless Needle | social aspects, commercialization, award |
| Technology Hardware and Equipment | Japan | Rise of the Cybernoids: Japanese Inventor Creates Wearable Robots | patents, joint ownership, collaboration, research and development |
| Building Materials and Fixtures, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Brazil | Creating an Innovative Environment with Licensing and Technology Transfer | technology transfer, licensing |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | India | Innovating India’s Pharmaceutical Industry | research and development, generics, pharmaceuticals, national patents, access to medicine |
| Industrial Engineering | United Kingdom | Protecting a Brand Built for Success | National Phase, national patent United Kingdom, investment |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Brazil | Intellectual Property and R&D: A Path to Success | venture capital, patent information, financing |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Singapore | Revolutionizing Aneurysm Treatment | intellectual property strategy, national Office Singapore, research and development expenditure |
| Building Materials and Fixtures | United States of America | From Agricultural Waste to Sustainable Future | sustainable development, national patent United States of America, partnership, USAIDS, development aspects |
| Building Materials and Fixtures | Norway | Recycling for the Future | Norway, environmental aspects, commercialization |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | South Africa | Leveraging Economic Growth through Benefit Sharing | traditional knowledge, national Office United States of America, research and development, unfair competition |
| Industrial Transportation | Australia | Taking the Heat Out of Bushfires with Innovative Technology | national patents, national Office Australia, national Office United States of America, SMEs |
| Industrial Engineering | Peru | Peruvian Innovator Finds Success through the IP System | SMEs, development aspects, licensing, defensive protection |
| Chemicals | Italy | Bio-plastics: Letting the Planet Breathe | national Office United States of America, European Patent Office, environmental aspects, award, sustainable development, business results, company turnover |
| Technology Hardware and Equipment | United States of America | From Dust Buster to Bomb Disposal | national patents, business results, patent-related revenues |
| Chemicals, Clothing and Accessories | Japan | From 10 Minutes to Five Seconds: An Invention to Save an Aging Watch Industry | patents, ISO standard, award, SMEs |
| Industrial Engineering | Australia | The Bishop Way of Steering to Success | patent applications (500 applications), licensing, partnership, trade secrets |
| Electronic and Electrical Equipment | Japan | Robot Creator | national patent applications, national Office Japan, single inventor, university, technology transfer office |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | India | Licensing to Save Lives | pharmaceuticals |
| Health Care Equipment and Services, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Hong Kong, China | Fending Off Disease with the Shield of IP | national patents United States of America, business strategy, biotechnology, award |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Netherlands | Seeing the World through a Clearer Lens | regional patent, European Patent Office, national award, medical technology |
| Technology Hardware and Equipment | Republic of Korea | IP to Weather the Storm | national patents, standard setting and patents, patent attorney, certification, national Office United States of America, national Office Republic of Korea |
| Clothing and Accessories, Footwear | Italy | Breathable Shoes: Branding Success through Patenting | national patents, start-up company |
| Containers and Packaging | United Kingdom | Filing an International Patent for Maximum Protection and Commercial Gain | award, environmental aspects, patent drafting, patent attorney, award, SMEs, single inventor |
| Building Materials and Fixtures | Ireland, United Kingdom | The Importance of Copyright and Patent Protection in Start-Up Businesses | patents, copyright, investment enforcement, research and development |
| Retail, Software and Computer Services | United Kingdom | Revolutionizing Digital Content Distribution using Patented Technology | intellectual property and software, cost of patenting |
| Leisure Goods | Australia | Australian Invention Dazzles Hollywood | confidentiality agreements, patent attorney, negotiations, national patent United States of America |
| Building Materials and Fixtures | Hungary | Seeing Through Concrete | regional phase, design |
| Durable Household Products | China | Branding for a Global Transformation | intellectual property strategy, national patents, rebranding, quality |
| Building Materials and Fixtures, Clothing and Accessories, Personal Products | Switzerland | Hooked on Innovation | national and regional patents, Switzerland, nanotechnology, business results |
| Industrial Engineering | Japan | Transforming Minefields into Schoolyards | Designated States, national patents, national patents Japan, humanitarian aspects |
| Technology Hardware and Equipment | Singapore | A Remote Solution for a Global Opportunity | single inventor, venture capital, national Office Singapore financing |
| Industrial Engineering, Retail, Technology Hardware and Equipment | Canada, Italy | Reiventing the Frame, Challenging the Status Quo | Hague system, design, China, national Office United States of America, Canada |
| Clothing and Accessories, Electronic and Electrical Equipment | Nigeria, United States of America | Harnessing Energy and Lighting the Future | development, social needs, SMEs, awards |
| Clothing and Accessories | United Kingdom | Protecting a Solution to an Unmet Need | patent information search, national patent United Kingdom, development costs |
| Building Materials and Fixtures, Utilities | South Africa | Saving Lives and Restoring Dignity through IP | patents, licensing, prototype, award |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Nigeria, United States of America | Traditional Medicine as a Tonic for Development | traditional knowledge, patents, research institutions, intellectual property management |
| Beverages, Chemicals, Clothing and Accessories, Farming and Fishing, Food Products, Nondurable Household Products, Personal Products, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Colombia | The Secret Garden of Innovation and Development | biodiversity, sustainable development, trade secrets, certification |
| Leisure Goods | Brazil, United States of America | Rescuing a Business Through Robust IP | trademark, failure and success in marketing |
| Chemicals | United Kingdom | Licensing Opportunities through International Patent and Trademark Protection | patents, patent quality, patent attorney, licensing, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland |
| Durable Household Products | Argentina | Bubbles, Brains and Bright Ideas | Non-PCT State, National Phase, prototype, investment |
| Durable Household Products | Bangladesh | An Invention with a Social Cause: Bangladeshi Scientist Develops Water Filter to Fight the Arsenic Menace | award, development aid, social aspects |
| Industrial Engineering | India | Commercialization of an Invention before the Grant of a Patent | patent, priority period, filing strategies, licensing, intellectual property ownership, assignment |
| Personal Products | Philippines | Thriving on IP Protection | patent, defensive protection |
| Industrial Engineering | India | Innovating Safer Travel | national patent applications, patent evaluation |
| Food Products | Colombia | Making the Origin Count: The Colombian Experience | patents, geographical indications |
| Clothing and Accessories | United Kingdom | Digitize Your Clothes: Look Smart in Intelligent Textiles | novelty, search, patent attorney, cost of filing, drafting, start-up company |
| Oil and Gas | Malaysia | Creation of a Brand Name | research and development, diversification |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | Jordan | Evolving Towards IP-Fueled Innovation | licensing, joint-venture, European patent applications |
| Electronic and Electrical Equipment | Ireland | Measuring Up To Success | technology transfer, partnership |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Software and Computer Services | United States of America | How to Climb a Mountain One Thought at a Time | research and development, clinical trials, start-up company |
| Electronic and Electrical Equipment, Technology Hardware and Equipment | Australia, South Africa | Surfers' Paradise, Sharks' Haven | technology transfer, licensing |
| Building Materials and Fixtures | Iran (Islamic Republic of), United States of America | The Poetry of Architecture | patents, humanitarian aspects |
| Industrial Engineering | France | Turning Air into Water and IP into Profit | patents, commercialization, investment, environmentally sound technologies, patent searches, novelty, patent drafting, national Office France |
IP Advantage – Case studies on Intellectual Property
The IP Advantage is a joint project developed by WIPO’s Communications Division and the WIPO Japan Office, based on a proposal from Japan and supported by the Japan Funds-in-Trust for Industrial Property. It aims to promote a better understanding of how to create and protect intellectual property and reap the benefits provided by the IP system.