申请流程 Application Process Flow
发明专利申请流程 Invention
Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office
English: Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office, Abbreviation: OPI
Website: Ministry of the Economy // The Luxembourg Government (gouvernement.lu)
Luxembourg Invention Patent Search: BPP eRegister (public.ws_lu)
Filing Language: English/German/French | |
| via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT |
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20 years
- via Paris Convention: 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT: 20 months from the earliest priority date.
- via Validation of European Patent in EPO member states: within 3 months from the date of granted of the European invention.
*Luxembourg is one of the only countries in the world that still retain Chapter I for 20 months to enter the national phase (the other country is Tanzania). If it takes 30 months to enter the national phase, the Demand for international preliminary examination must be filed.
OPI conducts only formality examination for invention patent applications. The applicant needs to file a search request within 18 months from the filing date, or submit a search report issued by any official search agency within 18 months from the priority date, and the judgment of novelty in the search report does not affect the Luxembourg patent granted.
6 months before the filing date/priority date.
6-18 months
- Grant Fee: None
- Annuity: Annuity should be paid year by year staring from the 3rd year from the filing date, and the payment deadline for the annuity is the end of the month corresponding to the filing date. If the annuity is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a penalty of 20.00 Euros should be paid at the same time.
Yes. Patent Office accepts "due care" requests for restoration of the right of priority.
No
No
实用新型申请流程 Utility Model
Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office
English: Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office, Abbreviation: OPI
Website: Ministry of the Economy // The Luxembourg Government (gouvernement.lu)
Luxembourg Utility Model Patent Search: BPP eRegister (public.ws_lu)
Filing Language: English/German/French | |
| via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT |
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6 years
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 20 months from the earliest priority date.
*Luxembourg is one of the only countries in the world that still retain Chapter I for 20 months to enter the national phase (the other is Tanzania). If it takes 30 months to enter the national phase, the Demand for international preliminary examination must be submitted.
OPI does not conduct substantive examination for utility models (short-term patents). If no search is carried out or search reports from other countries are provided, it will only be protected as a short-term patent.
6 months before the filing date/priority date.
- Grant Fee: None
- Annuity: Annuity should be paid year by year starting from the 3rd year from the filing date, and the payment deadline for the annuity is the end of the month corresponding to the filing date. If the annuity is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months and a penalty of 20.00 Euros should be paid at the same time.
5-8 months
Yes. Patent Office accepts "due care" requests for restoration of the right of priority.
No
No
外观设计申请流程 Design
Benelux Intellectual Property Office
English: Benelux Office for Intellectual Property, Abbreviation: BOIP
Website: Entrepreneurs | Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (boip.int)
Luxembourg Design Search: Designs register | Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (boip.int)
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The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed 4 times, each time for 5 years, and the maximum protection can be 25 years.
- via Paris Convention: 6 months from earliest priority date.
- via EU Community Design: 6 months from the earliest priority date.
- via Hague System: 6 months from earliest priority date.
OPI conducts only formality examination of design applications.
The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.
- Grant Fee: None.
- Annuity: Annuity is paid every 5 years (within 12 months before the validity period expires). The annuity can be deferred up to 6 months after the due date, subject to a penalty of 50.00 EUR.
4 months
No
Yes. A Benelux design application may contain multiple designs, but not more than 50 designs.
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