20 years
no
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
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.
no
20 years
no
The DGIP conducts formal and substantive examinations of utility model patent applications.
10 years
no