yes. A Benelux design application may contain multiple designs, but not more than 50 designs.
Filing Language: Dutch/French/English Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
- A Brief Description
Attachments (if any):
- Power of Attorney
- Certified Priority Document
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
6 months before the filing date/priority date.
6-18 months
The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.
no
no
OPI does not conduct substantive examination for utility models (short-term patents). If no search is carried out or search reports from other countries are provided, it will only be protected as a short-term patent.
- 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.
- Licensing Fee: None.
- Annuity: Renewal fee is paid every 5 years (within 12 months before the validity period expires). The annual fee can be deferred up to 6 months after the due date, subject to a late fee of 50.00 EUR.
no