yes. It is allowed to include multiple designs in one design application.
- Registration: 2 weeks.
- Certification: 4 months.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
Filing Language: English
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 preservation certificate and its English translation
- Microorganism Survival Certificate and Its English Translation
- Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
- translator statement
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entering the Australian national phase 19/28/34/41 Amendments
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
- Microorganism preservation certificate and its English translation
- Microorganism Survival Certificate and Its English Translation
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- translator statement
For innovation patents that have ceased application on August 25, 2021, the innovation patents that have been applied for can still enjoy the corresponding 8-year protection period.
yes
no
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- Grant fee: should be paid within 3 months after receiving the granted notice
- Annuity: From the 5th year from the filing date, the annual fee should be paid before the filing date of each year. If the annual fee is overdue, the payment can be postponed to a grace period of 6 months, but a penalty of AUD 100.00 is required every month
Designs with a filing date after March 10, 2022, where the first disclosure occurs after that date due to:
- Inadvertently making a design public
- Didn't know the design needed to apply for protection before it was disclosed
A design patent application can enjoy a novelty grace period of 12 months.
20 years, drug patents can apply for protection to 24 years.