PCT applications to the PRH
We are a Receiving Office (RO), and you can file your PCT application with us, and thus start an international PCT procedure in Finland. We will first check that your application meets the formal requirements. Then it will be handed over to an International Searching Authority (ISA).
We also act as an ISA and an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA). This means that you can choose us to process your application.
The PCT application form (‘Request’) is in English. If you submit your application to us, your application documents may instead be in Finnish or in Swedish. However, they must be translated into English later on. If you choose us as the ISA, you must file a translation 14 months from the priority date at the latest.
If you want us also to carry out an international preliminary examination of patentability, you can also file your demand for that with us.
You can submit your PCT application to us either online, by post, by secure email or by fax. You can also file other documents, such as your demand, replies to PCT office actions, and subsequent documents, by the above means. Below you can read brief descriptions of the above means of filing documents.
See the PCT application fees and our payment instructions.
The PRH’s online filing service
You can use the Patent Service to submit your PCT application to the PRH.
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WIPO’s online filing service
You can use WIPO’s service to submit your PCT application and your demand for preliminary examination, and other documents related to your PCT application, to the PRH. Through WIPO’s service, you will also have access to the current bibliographic data of your application and to all related documents, even if they are not yet public. Read more about WIPO’s online filing service on the WIPO website.Avautuu uuteen välilehteen
PCT application by post, by secure email or by fax
You can file your PCT application with the PRH in any of the following ways:
- by posting it to
Finnish Patent and Registration Office
FI-00091 PRH, Finland - by filing it to PRH Registry by secure email. See instructions on how to send secure email.
- by bringing it to our office. Our address is Sörnäisten rantatie 13 C, Helsinki. See our opening hours and how to reach us.
- File your application by fax. The number for fax filing is +358 29 509 5328 (the Registry number). Please observe: Fax filing may pose an information security risk. Should you have any doubt at all about your machine’s data security, we recommend that you do not use it for your filing.
If you do not use our online filing services, you will have access to the forms on the WIPO website. On the prh.fi website, you will find instructions for filling in the forms. Go to the PCT forms page at prh.fi.
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Furthermore, you can file subsequent application documents by post, by secure email, by fax, or by bringing them to our client service.
PCT applications to other offices
Other offices where you can file a PCT application are the International Bureau of WIPO (IB) Avautuu uuteen välilehteen and the European Patent Office (EPO).Avautuu uuteen välilehteen