The initial protection period is 5 years, renewable 4 times, up to 25 years.
20 years
yes
10-12 months
The initial term of protection is 5 years from the filing date, which can be extended up to 25 years by renewal every 5 years.
Filing Language: Turkish Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
- A Brief Description
Attachments (if any):
- Certified Priority Document
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Patent application fee payment certificate
TURKPATENT only conducts a formality examination of the design patent application, and it can be authorized if it meets the novelty.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
yes. After the applicant pays the corresponding fee, he can apply to change the patent type from invention to utility model.
10 years
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.