| Filing Language: Vietnamese | |
| via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT | 
| Necessary documents: 
 | Necessary documents: 
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| Attachments (if any) 
 | Attachments (if any) 
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- If the applicant, inventor or assignor discloses the relevant invention information at an officially recognized exhibition within 6 months before the filing date, it can enjoy a 6-month novelty grace period. 
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
 
- no 
- no 
- via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date
- Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date
 
- yes. After the substantive examination of the invention patent application, the patent applicant can submit a request and pay the prescribed conversion request fee to convert the patent type from invention to utility model. If the invention patent does not meet the conditions for granting a patent, a request for conversion may be filed within three months from the date of issuance of the rejection document of the invention patent. 
- Grant fee: The patent applicant should pay the granted fee within 3 months from the date of receiving the patent granted decision
- Annuity: The annual fee for the first year is paid at the same time as the granted fee. Subsequent annual fees should be paid within 6 months before the due date. Overdue annual fees can be paid within a 6-month grace period, and a 10% late fee will be paid at the same time
 
- Filing Language: Vietnamese - 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 Vietnamese translation
- Microorganism Survival Certificate and its Vietnamese translation
- Power of Attorney
- Certified Priority Document
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Description of patent IPC classification number
- Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
 - Attachments (if any) - WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entry into the Vietnamese national phase Amended Article 19/28/34/41
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
- Microorganism deposit certificate and its Vietnamese translation
- Microorganism Survival Certificate and its Vietnamese translation
- Power of Attorney
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Description of patent IPC classification number
 
- yes. Multiple designs may be included in one design application. 
- Vietnam State Intellectual Property Office - English: Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam, Abbreviation: IPVN - Website: Trang chủ - CỤC SỞ HỮU TRÍ TUỆ (ipvietnam.gov.vn) - Vietnam Utility Model Patent Search: IP Viet Nam 
