How long is the protection period of a Venezuelan invention patent application

Filing Language: English

Necessary documents:

1. Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
2. A Brief Description

Attachments (if any):

1. Power of Attorney
2. Certified Priority Document
3. Spanish translation of priority certificate
4. Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
5. Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
6. Proof of personal identity (copy of ID card or passport, if necessary, certified Power of Attorney and copy of ID card of agent)
7. Copy of Articles of Incorporation or Commercial Register of Company Registration (copy of ID card or passport of company director or president)
8. Venezuelan Translator Affidavit
9. Proof of application fee and annual fee payment for the first year

Filing Language: Spanish

Necessary documents:

1. Abstract
2. Abstract Drawing
3. Claim
4. Specification
5. Drawing

Attachments (if any)

1. Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
2. Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Spanish translation
3. Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Spanish translation
4. Power of Attorney
5. Certified Priority Document
6. Spanish translation of priority certificate
7. Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
8. Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
9. Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
10. Proof of personal identity (copy of ID card or passport, if necessary, certified Power of Attorney and copy of ID card of agent)
11. Copy of Articles of Incorporation or Commercial Register of Company Registration (copy of ID card or passport of company director or president)
12. Venezuelan Translator Affidavit
13. Proof of application fee and annual fee payment for the first year