Types of Protection Available via the PCT in PCT Contracting States

"Types of Protection Available via the PCT in PCT Contracting States" is available from the World intellectual Property Organization here.

Under the automatic designation system, effective for all international applications filed on or after 1 January 2004, the filing of the request constitutes the designation of all Contracting States bound by the PCT on the international filing date, for the grant of every type of protection available and, where applicable, for the grant of both regional and national patents (PCT Rule 4.9).