29 Jan 2021

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What are the steps involved in obtaining a patent in Canada?

Filing a patentable invention involves many steps: A preliminary patentability search of the prior art; Writing and filing of the patent application to be filed at CIPO (this comprises an abstract, a specification including a set of claims and often drawings); Requesting examination of the application within 5 years of the filing of the application; Prosecuting the application with CIPO (responding to objections raised by the Canadian examiner in charge of your application); and Paying annual Maintenance Fees.