Can the priority right of utility model application in Russia be restored?

4-12 months

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

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 will be deemed withdrawn.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.

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.

ROSPATENT conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the design patent application. The applicant should submit the examination request and pay the corresponding fees together with the new application, and try not to submit color renderings.

yes. The applicant may request that the patent application be changed from an invention to a utility model before the publication of the patent application but no later than the grant decision.

The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.

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

• 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.