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A 12-month novelty grace period applies if the disclosure results from a breach of confidentiality, or if the inventor exhibits at an international exhibition or society.
Reinstatement of priority with "due care" and "unintentional/due care" is accepted and a priority recovery fee of SGD 290.00 is required.
- Grant fee: The applicant should submit a request and pay the corresponding fee within 2 months after receiving the granted notice.
- The annual fee shall be paid year by year starting from the fifth year from the date of application, and the grace period for late payment is 6 months.
6 months before the filing date/priority date.
yes. More than 50 designs can be included in one Singapore design application, but the designs must belong to the same class or the same subclass in the international design classification.
20 years
4 months
- via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
- Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.
no
IPOS only conducts formality examination of design patent applications, and the examination content includes: novelty statement, classification and article/non-physical product name, and whether the picture is suitable for reproduction.