PCT authority
C12024
concept
A PCT authority is an official national or regional patent office designated under the Patent Cooperation Treaty to perform specific functions such as receiving international applications, conducting international searches, and/or carrying out preliminary examinations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PCT authority canonical | 3 |
| patent office function | 2 |
| Patent Cooperation Treaty authority | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: PCT authority
Generated description
A PCT authority is an official national or regional patent office designated under the Patent Cooperation Treaty to perform specific functions such as receiving international applications, conducting international searches, and/or carrying out preliminary examinations.
Instances (4)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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ISA
surface form:
International Searching Authority
|
patent office function |
| Visegrad Patent Institute | Patent Cooperation Treaty authority |
| International Searching Authority | — |
| International Preliminary Examining Authority | patent office function |