Patent Application Encyclopedia

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yes. The applicant may request that the patent application be changed from an invention to a utility model before the publication of the patent application but no later than the grant decision.

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The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

• Registration: 2 weeks.
• Certification: 4 months.

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

If the design is disclosed by the designer or his representative within 12 months before the filing date, the design will not lose its novelty.

• 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.

yes. The applicant may request that the patent type be converted from invention to utility model before the patent is granted.

• Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
• Annuity: pay year by year from the 4th year of the application date, the applicant should pay within 3 months before the annual annual fee is due, if the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and the penalty should be paid at the same time.

yes. It is allowed to include multiple designs in one design application.

If the disclosure is caused by the designer, the novelty grace period is 12 months from the date of disclosure.

Reinstatement of priority is accepted on the grounds of "Unintentional".

The novelty of an invention will not be affected if it is disclosed within 12 months before its patent application date or priority date:

• disclosed by the inventor;
• Disclosed by the Patent Application Accepting Authority,
• and that information is included in:
  • In other applications of the inventor, and disclose the application when the relevant authority should not disclose the application;
  • In applications submitted by third parties who have obtained information directly or indirectly from the inventor without the inventor's permission;
• Disclosure of the invention by a third party who has obtained information, directly or indirectly, from the inventor.

10 years

• Authorization Fee: There is no granted registration fee.
• Annuity: The applicant needs to pay the annual fee year by year after the granted. The payment period is the granted date of the year. The annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if the annual fee is overdue, but a 100% penalty is required.

The novelty grace period in Hungary is 6 months before the filing date if disclosure occurs:

- due to abuse of the rights of the applicant or his predecessors;
- because the applicant or the predecessor of the right holder has exhibited the invention at an exhibition duly recognized by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office.