What are the requirements for the Russian invention patent application documents

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

ROSPATENT conducts formal and substantive examinations of invention patent applications. After ROSPATENT conducts formality examination for about 2 months, the applicant/anyone should submit a request for substantive examination within 3 years from the date of application, and this period can be extended for 2 months upon request. will be deemed withdrawn. However, the applicant may file a request for reinstatement within 12 months, subject to the payment of a late fee and proof of special circumstances. Third parties are allowed to provide comparative documents that have a negative impact on patentability assessment. Active revision requests can only be made once.

The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed every 5 years, up to a maximum of 25 years.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

Multiple variant designs may be included in one application if the designs relate to the same object and differ only in minor features, or can be identified as a set of goods and have a single design concept.

Russian Federal Office for Intellectual Property

English: Federal Service for Intellectual Property, ROSPATENT

Website: rospatent.gov.ru

Russian invention patent search: Home (fips.ru)

20 years, inventions of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and pesticides can enjoy a maximum patent term extension of 5 years.

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

Russian Federal Office for Intellectual Property

English: Federal Service for Intellectual Property, ROSPATENT

Website: rospatent.gov.ru

Russian utility patent search: Home (fips.ru)

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.