Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" accepted.
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.
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. A patent applicant can convert the patent type from a petty patent (utility model) to an invention before the patent application is granted. The converted patent application has the filing date of the original patent application.
DIP conducts substantive examination of design patent applications, and only examines whether the conditions of novelty and industrial applicability are met.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
If within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the essence or details of the invention are maliciously disclosed, or exhibited by the inventor in an international or official exhibition, the invention does not lose its novelty.
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)
no
5-8 years