If the patent is disclosed due to the display at the exposition or unintentional disclosure, the novelty grace period can be enjoyed within 6 months before the filing date/priority date.
Filing Language: English Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
- A Brief Description
Attachments (if any):
- Power of Attorney
- Priority certification documents and their English translations of Certified Priority Documents
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
All patent application documents in Bangladesh need to be notarized
If the patent is disclosed due to the display at the exposition or unintentional disclosure, the novelty grace period can be enjoyed within 6 months before the filing date/priority date.
6 months before the filing date/priority date.
no
DPDT only conducts formality examination of design patent applications, not substantive examination.
20 years (Bangladesh Patents Act 2022)
no
2 years
1 year
It is protected for 5 years from the date of application, renewed every 5 years, and can be renewed twice, up to a maximum of 15 years.