| Filing Language: English/Finnish | |
| via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT | 
| Necessary documents: 
 | Necessary documents: 
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| Attachments (if any) 
 | Attachments (if any) 
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- Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted announcement fee within 2 months after receiving the official notification.
- Annuity: The annual fee will be paid year by year starting from the third year (including the first-third year annual fee). Overdue annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a 20% late fee will be paid at the same time.
 
- The novelty of the invention will not be lost if the information about the invention is disclosed within 6 months before the filing date or the priority date if the following conditions are met: - Disclosure due to apparent misuse by the applicant or its predecessor owners
- The invention is disclosed at an official or officially recognized international exhibition
 
- Finnish Patent Registry - English: Finnish Patent and Registration Office, abbreviation: PRH - Website: PRH - Finnish Patent and Registration Office - Finnish Utility Model Patent Search: Kitinet - Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus (prh.fi) 
- Filing Language: Finnish/Swedish - via Paris Convention - via Nationalization of PCT - Necessary documents: - Abstract
- Abstract Drawing
- Claim
- Specification
- Drawing
 - Necessary documents: - Abstract
- Abstract Drawing
- Claim
- Specification
- Drawing
 - Attachments (if any) - Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
- Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Finnish translation
- Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Finnish translation
- Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
- Power of Attorney
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
 - Attachments (if any) - WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entry into the Finnish national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
- Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Finnish translation
- Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Finnish translation
- Power of Attorney
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
 
- Filing Language: English/Finnish - via Paris Convention - via Nationalization of PCT - Necessary documents: - Abstract
- Abstract Drawing
- Claim
- Specification
- Drawing
 - Necessary documents: - Abstract
- Abstract Drawing
- Claim
- Specification
- Drawing
 - Attachments (if any) - Power of Attorney
- Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
 - Attachments (if any) - WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entry into the Finnish national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Power of Attorney
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 
- 20 years 
- Filing Language: Finnish/Swedish - Necessary documents: - Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
- A Brief Description
 - Attachments (if any): - Power of Attorney
- Certified Priority Document
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 
- 3 months 
- Reinstatement of priority is accepted on the grounds of "due care". 
