IPOM conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the invention patent application, and the substantive examination starts automatically, and the applicant does not need to make a specific request.
no
10 years
1-1.5 years
7 years
no
20 years
no
- via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date
- Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date
IPOM conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the invention patent application, and the substantive examination starts automatically, and the applicant does not need to make a specific request.
yes. An invention patent application can be converted from an invention to a utility model before the granted, and the filing date of the first application shall be the filing date of the converted patent application.