OPI conducts only formality examination of design patent applications.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 20 months from the earliest priority date.
*Luxembourg is one of the only countries in the world that still retain Chapter I for 20 months to enter the national phase (the other is Tanzania). If it takes 30 months to enter the national phase, a request for international preliminary examination must be filed.
Filing Language: English/German/French
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
- Certified Priority Document
- 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
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entering the Luxembourg national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Power of Attorney
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
6 years
6 months before the filing date/priority date.
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Filing Language: English/German/French
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)
- Microorganism deposit certificate and its English/German/French translation
- Certificate of Microorganism Survival and its English/German/French translation
- Power of Attorney
- Certified Priority Document
- 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
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entering the Luxembourg national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
- Microorganism deposit certificate and its English/German/French translation
- Certificate of Microorganism Survival and its English/German/French translation
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Power of Attorney
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
5-8 months
OPI conducts only formality examination of invention patent applications. The applicant needs to file a search request within 18 months from the filing date, or submit a search report issued by any official search agency within 18 months from the priority date, and the judgment of novelty in the search report does not affect the Luxembourg patent granted.
Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office
English: Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office, Abbreviation: OPI
Website: Ministry of the Economy // The Luxembourg Government (gouvernement.lu)
Luxembourg Invention Patent Search: BPP eRegister (public.ws_lu)
The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed 4 times, each time for 5 years, and the maximum protection can be 25 years.