Patent Cooperation Treaty signed

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19 June, 1970

The Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed on 19th June 1970. The PCT provides a single platform for protection of inventions that emerge from the signatory states.

However, the PCT came into effect only years later on 24th Jan 1978.