A single filing of an international application is made with a Receiving Office (RO) in one language. It then results in a search performed by an International Searching Authority (ISA), accompanied with a written opinion regarding the patentability of the invention which is the subject of the application. It is optionally followed by a preliminary examination, performed by an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA). [1] Finally, the examination (if provided by national law) and grant procedures are handled by the relevant national or regional authorities. The PCT does not lead to the grant of an "international patent", which does not exist. [2
The international search report can help the applicant to decide whether it would be worth to go ahead and seek national protection – what is called 'entering the national phase' – and if so, in how many countries, for each one of those will cost the applicant money (including translation costs). A still further advantage is that many national patent Offices will trust the international search report – although the Patent Cooperation Treaty does not oblige them to do so – instead of searching the prior art themselves; and so the applicant may be able to save quite a lot in search fees.
Finally, at 30 months[20] from the filing date of the international application or from the earliest priority date of the application if a priority is claimed, the international phase ends and the international application enters in national and regional phase
也就是说,我要做的是analyst, international phase的事情,写opinion,给申请人看,如果申请人决定值得申请,就会给patent agent,这样就进入了national or regional phase。我希望将来去做agent,作national or regional phase的事情。作为一个agent,是会参考internatioanl phase时analyst写的东西的。
这样会不会“indirectly"涉及到现在这个analyst公司所部允许的事情呢?
我已经发信给HR得人了,希望搞清楚。