Filing Language: English | |
| via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT |
Necessary documents:
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Attachments (if any)
| Attachments (if any)
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IP Australia
English: Australian Patent Office, abbreviation: IP Australia
Website: IP Australia | Protect The Value Of Your Ideas
Australian invention patent search: IP Australia: AusPat Quick Search
no
- Licensing Fee: None.
- Annuity: The renewal request must be made within 12 months before the expiration of the registration period. If the annual fee is overdue, the payment can be postponed within a grace period of 6 months, but a late fee of 100.00 Australian dollars will be charged.
4-5 years
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
In Australia, the acquisition of patent application for design is divided into two parts: registration and certification. Both of these are required to legally exercise design rights. After IP Australia's 8-week preliminary review of the design, the design patent will obtain a patent certificate. If you want to exercise the design patent right, you must go through 13 weeks of IP Australia's review and reply, and you will be certified after passing.
yes
20 years, drug patents can apply for protection to 24 years.
not applicable
Acceptance of restoration of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care"