Why Israel ?

The benefits of starting a patenting process in Israel

1. Recently Israel has been appointed as an international examination and searching authority of the PCT, like the USPTO and the EPO. This act points on the quality of the search and examination carried out by of the Israeli Patent Office.

2. The Israeli Patent Office provides an expedited examination course, which decreases the time it usually takes to start a patent examination, which is 2-5 years, depending on the field of the invention, and the current overload of examined patent applications. In the  expedited course, an examination starts a few month after the expedited course has been allowed.

3. From our experience, a Notice of Allowance can be issued in less than one year from the filing date !!! Thus, an applicant that takes the expedited course may have a reliable opinion about the patentability of his invention in less than one year from the application date. In comparison, the PCT course provides a Written Opinion in about 18 months from the filing / priority date.

Indeed, an exceptional course in the patent world, which is worthwhile to exploit.