- Authorization Fee: None
- Annual Fee: None
The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.
The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.
10 years
- Authorization Fee: None
- Annual Fee: None
no
no
20 years
The DGIP conducts formal and substantive examinations of utility model patent applications.
DGIP only conducts formality examination of the design application, and after the examination, it will be published and enter a 3-month opposition period. Only in the case of an opposition, substantive examination takes place within six months of the opposition closing.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.