Patent Application Encyclopedia

The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.

The novelty grace period is 6 months from the filing date/priority date.

For innovation patents that have ceased application on August 25, 2021, the innovation patents that have been applied for can still enjoy the corresponding 8-year protection period.

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

10 years

Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand

English: Department of Intellectual Property, abbreviation: DIP

Website: Home (ipthailand.go.th)

Thailand Invention Patent Search: DIP (ipthailand.go.th)

yes. If the designs are interrelated, a maximum of 20 designs may be included in one design application.

1-2 years

20 years

• Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted fee within 30 days after receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: The annual fee for the first to third years must be paid together with the application fee when the patent application is filed, and the annual fee will be paid year by year from the fourth year, and the payment period corresponds to the granted date. 200% of the year's annual fee paid within the month is a late fee.

International Patent Registration Center, Industrial Property Division, Ministry of Economy, United Arab Emirates

English: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MINISTRY OF ECONOMY International Center for Patent Registration Ministry of Economy, abbreviation: ICPR

Website: الصفحة الرئيسية | وزارة الاقتصاد - الإمارات العربية المتحدة (moec.gov.ae)

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.

The design does not lose its novelty if it is disclosed by the designer in Japan within 12 months from the filing date/priority date.

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

The novelty grace period of the year preceding the filing date/priority right is granted if:

• The disclosure was caused by a third party illegally obtaining patent information
• The disclosure resulted from a breach of confidentiality by a person who obtained the patent information directly or indirectly from the applicant
• The disclosure was made by a government agency or a person authorized by a government in the investigation of an invention
• Disclosure results from a public exercise of reasonableness by the patentee or designee, the original owner of both, or a person with the consent of one of the foregoing
• A one-year novelty grace period if the evidence is submitted prior to review if the first disclosure was made after December 30, 2018, by:
  • patentee or designee
  • Original right holder of the patentee or designee
  • A person with the consent of the original right holder of the patentee or designee

A novelty grace period of 6 months is available if:

• With the consent of the inventor, the invention is exhibited at a specific exhibition or used for the exhibition
• Use or disclose inventions after the above exhibitions

no

no

Columbia Chamber of Commerce and Industry

English: Superintendence of Industry and Commerce Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism

Website: http://www.sic.gov.co/