via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
no
yes. An invention patent application may submit a conversion request within 6 months from the date of issuance of the examination report and pay the corresponding fee. The converted application has the same filing date as the original application.
via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
- Authorization Fee: There is no granted registration fee.
- Annuity: The applicant needs to pay the annual fee year by year after the granted. The payment period is the granted date of the year. The annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if the annual fee is overdue, but a 100% penalty is required.
2-3 years
- Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
- Annuity: The applicant needs to renew twice in the 11th-15th year and the 16th-20th year by paying the renewal fee, and the payment node is the granted date of the year.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
Filing Language: English
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)
- Power of Attorney
- Priority document (scanned copy only if required by MyIPO)
- Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entering the Malaysian national phase 19/28/34/41 Amendments
- Power of Attorney
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation
English: Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, abbreviation: MyIPO
Website: Start – Portal Rasmi Perbadanan Harta Intelek Malaysia (myipo.gov.my)
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MyIPO conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. For patent applications under the via Paris Convention , the applicant must submit a request for substantive examination within 18 months from the date of application; The request for substantive examination shall be submitted within 48 months from the filing date. Applicants can choose between standard substantive examination or improved substantive examination. In the standard substantive examination, the Malaysian Patent Office will conduct a search and substantive examination of the application, taking into account search and examination results from Australia, the United Kingdom, the European Patent Office, Japan, Korea and the United States for the invention. Modified substantive examination can only be filed if the patent has been granted in Australia, the United Kingdom, the European Patent Office, Japan, Korea or the United States. In improved substantive examination, applications for substantive examination are subject to a simplified examination process. Examine the novelty of the application, the statutory patentable matters, and the degree of conformity with the foreign patent specification, and the patent application that meets the granted conditions can be authorized.