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yes. The applicant can request to change the patent type from utility model to invention before the patent is granted.
- Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee, registration fee and first annual fee within 4 months after receiving the granted decision.
- Annuity: pay year by year starting from the first year from the application date, the annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if the annual fee is overdue, and a 50% penalty must be paid at the same time.
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12-18 months
Russian Federal Office for Intellectual Property
English: Federal Service for Intellectual Property, ROSPATENT
Website: rospatent.gov.ru
Russian invention patent search: Home (fips.ru)
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The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.
- Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee, registration fee and first annual fee within 4 months after receiving the granted decision.
- Annuity: pay year by year from the 3rd year from the application date, the annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if the annual fee is overdue, and the penalty is 50% of the annual fee of the year.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.