Filing Language: Spanish | |
via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT |
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As a PCT filing office, it accepts the restoration of the right of priority on the grounds of "unintentional".
20 years
yes
15 years
yes
25 years
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
Novelty grace period of 12 months for inventors, their successors and third parties who have received information about the invention from the inventor/successors, through any form of communication or at national and international exhibitions .
yes
yes. As long as the application is not abandoned, the patent type can be converted from utility model to invention within 3 months of filing the utility model patent application, or within 3 months from the date when IMPI requires the applicant to make the conversion, after paying the relevant fees.