Patent Application Encyclopedia

no

no

yes. A maximum of 50 designs may be included in a patent application under the same subject matter.

Vietnam State Intellectual Property Office

English: Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam, Abbreviation: IPVN

Website: Trang chủ - CỤC SỞ HỮU TRÍ TUỆ (ipvietnam.gov.vn)

Vietnam Utility Model Patent Search: IP Viet Nam

yes. Multiple designs may be included in one design application.

• Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted fee within 3 months after receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: pay year by year from the first year of the application date, and should be paid before the last day of the month of the application date at the latest, not exceeding one patent year, and the annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if it is overdue, and paid at the same time 200% late fee.

yes

• Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
• Annuity: The applicant needs to renew twice in the 11th-15th year and the 16th-20th year by paying the renewal fee, and the payment node is the granted date of the year.

5-6 years

yes. Please consult IPVN for the standards and charges for restoring the priority.

Bureau of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Economic Affairs

English: Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, ROC, abbreviation: TIPO

Website: www.tipo.gov.tw

Taiwan Patent Search: Republic of China Patent Information Search System (tipo.gov.tw)

4 weeks

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee and the annual fee for the first year within 30 days after receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: The annual fee shall be paid year by year from the second year from the date of granted, and the payment of the annual fee may be postponed within 6 months if the annual fee is overdue, but a 200% penalty shall be paid at the same time.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" accepted.

3 months

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: pay once every 5 years, and must be paid within 6 months before the due date of the application. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a 50% penalty is required.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

• Grant fee: It must be paid together with the granted announcement fee within one month from the receipt of the granted notice.
• Annuity: pay year by year from the first year of the application date, and should be paid before the last day of the month of the application date at the latest, not exceeding one patent year, and the annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if it is overdue, and paid at the same time 200% late fee.