Filing Language: Thai | |
| via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT |
Necessary documents:
| Necessary documents:
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Attachments (if any)
| Attachments (if any)
*Thailand patent application documents need to be notarized |
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" accepted.
via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
not applicable. Designs disclosed to the public prior to filing are not eligible for application.
Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" accepted.
DIP only conducts formality examination for utility models, and the documents can be authorized if they meet the formality examination standards. If litigation or evaluation of the stability of utility model Claim is required, the applicant may submit a request for substantive examination within one year after the granted announcement.
yes. Patent applicants can change the patent type from invention to petty patent (utility model) before the patent application is granted. The converted patent application has the filing date of the original patent application.
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no
Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand
English: Department of Intellectual Property, abbreviation: DIP
Website: Home (ipthailand.go.th)
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