Provisional protection

The effects, in a designated State, of the international publication of an international application with respect to the protection of any rights of the applicant are the same as those which the national law of the designated State provides for the compulsory national publication of unexamined national applications as such. Contracting States may make such provisional protection conditional on: i) the furnishing of translations of the international application; ii) the expiration of 18 months from the priority date, and/or iii) the receipt by the designated Office of a copy of the international application as published under the PCT.