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
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