The initial period of protection is 6 years, which can be renewed twice, up to a maximum of 10 years.
Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" accepted.
Filing Language: Thai 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
Business license for company registration or articles of incorporation
*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.
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8 months
DIP conducts substantive examination of design patent applications, and only examines whether the conditions of novelty and industrial applicability are met.
The DIP conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the invention patent application. The formality examination generally takes 1-1.5 years. After the completion of the preliminary examination, the patent application will be published and enter a 90-day opposition period. The applicant can only submit a substantive examination request within 5 years after the application is published, and the examination results of other countries such as Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe need to be provided to the DIP.
The initial period of protection is 6 years, which can be renewed twice, up to a maximum of 10 years.
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.