In this video, Richard Gearhart, Esq, founding parter of Gearhart Law, answers frequently asked questions about the PCT, or Patent Cooperation Treaty, patent application process. It is a way to file your patents internationally. If you want to file a patent first in the US and you want to protect your idea in different countries, Europe, Japan, Canada, Mexico, the PCT application is one way that you are able to protect your intellectual property internationally.