Whether the Portuguese invention patent application can be DAS

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: pay once every 5 years, and must be paid within 6 months before the due date of the application. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a 50% penalty is required.

If the disclosure is caused by the designer, the novelty grace period is 12 months from the date of disclosure.

12-14 months

yes. Before the applicant has received a final decision, an application to change the type of invention from a utility model to an invention may be proposed.

Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."

20 years

yes. Before the applicant receives the final decision, it may be proposed to change the type of invention from invention to utility model.

INPI only conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications. Substantive examination may only be requested if the applicant deems it necessary. An invention protected by a patent can be protected simultaneously or successively with a utility model. To this end, applicants have a maximum of 1 year to make changes.