Instructions for Authorization of Utility Model Application and Annual Fee in Indonesia

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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.

• Authorization Fee: None
• Annuity: The applicant should pay the annual fee from the first year to the year of granted in one lump sum within 6 months from the date of granted (calculated from the date of application). Then the annual fee is paid year by year, and the deadline is one month before the application date of each year. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 12 months, and a late fee will be paid.

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The DGIP conducts formal and substantive examinations of utility model patent applications.

Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Republic of Indonesia

English: Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia), abbreviation: DGIP

Website: www.dgip.go.id

Indonesia Utility Model Patent Search: Public Domain Patent Database Information System | PATENT (dgip.go.id)

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.

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