Designation

an indication made by applicant, in the Request for an International Application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as to the Contracting States in which protection for an invention is desired.

Context: Patent

By the United States Patent and Trademark Office

European Patent Office Glossary

indication of the contracting state(s) in which the protection for the invention is desired (Article 79 EPC).

PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Glossary

An indication in an international application the effect of which is that the filing of a request constitutes the designation of all States bound by the PCT at the international filing date for any kind of available protection.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ( About )

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In the context of the PCT, a designation is an indication in an international application the effect of which is that the filing of a request constitutes the designation of all States bound by the PCT (at the international filing date) for any kind of available protection.

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