UIBM only conducts formality examination of design patent applications, and does not examine novelty and uniqueness.
Italian Patent and Trademark Office
English: Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office, abbreviation: UIBM
Website: www.uibm.gov.it
yes
20 years
2 years
yes
Filing Language: Italian
via Paris Convention via Nationalization of PCT Necessary documents:
- Abstract
- Abstract Drawing
- Claim
- Specification
- Drawing
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 Italian translation
- Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Italian translation
- Power of Attorney
- Certified Priority Document
- Italian translation of the priority certification document (notarization is required)
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Application fee payment certificate
- Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entering the Italian national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
- Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Italian translation
- Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Italian translation
- Power of Attorney
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Application fee payment certificate
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- Ways to take effect in the EU: 3 months from the date of grant of the European patent.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
25 years
Italian Patent and Trademark Office
English: Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office, abbreviation: UIBM
Website: www.uibm.gov.it
12 months before the filing date/priority date.