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Which countries should I file in?
A short list built from where the money and the manufacturing actually are.
Direct filing may be cheaper than a PCT route.
With a short, certain list, filing directly within twelve months avoids PCT fees - at the cost of producing the whole spend at once.
- Confirm section 39 first if any inventor is resident in India.
- Budget translations, which are frequently the largest cost.
- Diarise each national deadline separately.
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