ocr: International Patents An - international patent that 1s valid in all countries simply does not exist. Every nation has its own patent laws governing how an inventor's rights are protected. Thanks to increased international cooperation, however, several groups of countries now have a COITHTIOIT patenting process that 1s tied to one application. The best-known of these 1s the European Economic Community (EEC)or Common Market patent application. When you are accepted for a patent in one member country, you can get a simultaneous patent right in the other member countries. Each country still must ...
