Argentine Industrial Property Institute
English: Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial, Abbreviation: INPI
Website: Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial | Argentina.gob.ar
Argentina Utility Model Patent Search: Buscar patentes de invención o modelos de utilidad | Argentina.gob.ar
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Argentine Industrial Property Institute
English: Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial, Abbreviation: INPI
Website: Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial | Argentina.gob.ar
Argentine invention patent search: Buscar patentes de invención o modelos de utilidad | Argentina.gob.ar
Restoration of priority will not be accepted.
- Licensing Fee: None.
 - Annuity: The annual fee renewal fee must be paid within 6 months before the application date. If the annual fee is overdue, the payment can be postponed within a grace period of 6 months, but a late fee will be charged.
 
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Argentine Industrial Property Institute
English: Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial, Abbreviation: INPI
Website: Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial | Argentina.gob.ar
Argentina Utility Model Patent Search: Buscar patentes de invención o modelos de utilidad | Argentina.gob.ar
Filing Language: Spanish
Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
 - A Brief Description
 
Attachments (if any):
- Power of Attorney
 - Certified Priority Document
 - small entity declaration
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 
Filing Language: Spanish
via Paris Convention Necessary documents:
- Abstract
 - Abstract Drawing
 - Claim
 - Specification
 - Drawing
 
Attachments (if any)
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
 - Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Spanish translation
 - Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Spanish translation
 - Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
 - Power of Attorney
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 - Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
 
Filing Language: Spanish
via Paris Convention Necessary documents:
- Abstract
 - Abstract Drawing
 - Claim
 - Specification
 - Drawing
 
Attachments (if any)
- Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
 - Power of Attorney
 - small entity declaration
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 - Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
 
IMPI conducts only formality examination of designs.