Reinstatement of Priority Accepted on Unintentional Grounds.
yes. The applicant may request to change the patent type from invention to utility model before the invention patent application is granted.
UKRPATENT conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. The applicant needs to submit a request for substantive examination and pay the official fee within 3 years from the filing date.
no
12-14 months
If the designer or a third party who directly or indirectly obtains relevant information from the designer discloses the design within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the design will not lose its novelty.
no
- yes. The same category may include multiple designs in one design.
Reinstatement of priority accepted on grounds of "Unintentional".
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
3-5 years