- Authorization Fee: None
- Annual Fee: None
The DGIP conducts formal and substantive examinations of utility model patent applications.
no
no
10 years
- Authorization Fee: None
- Annual Fee: None
no
DGIP conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. The applicant should submit a request for substantive examination within 36 months from the filing date/priority date.
3-5 years
The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.