no
Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" accepted.
no
- Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted fee within 3 months after receiving the granted notice.
- Annuity: pay year by year from the first year of the application date, and should be paid before the last day of the month of the application date at the latest, not exceeding one patent year, and the annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if it is overdue, and paid at the same time 200% late fee.
no
1 month
The initial protection period is 4 years, which can be extended for two consecutive three years, and the maximum protection period is 10 years.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
A 12-month novelty grace period is available if:
- The applicant authorizes others to use
- manifest misuse by a third party
yes. Designs in the same category, or belonging to the same set or combination of articles, may contain several designs in one design (this condition does not apply when the product containing or attached to the design is an ornament).
20 years