PCT deadline in Canada: month 42
Deadline month 30,
extendable to month 42
The formal deadline for filing a Canadian PCT national phase is month 30.
However, it is possible to extend this deadline to month 42 upon payment of a small additional fee of $200. (Technically, this is a ‘reinstatement fee’).
This extension is no longer available as of right. The failure to file on time must have been inadvertent
