20 years
25 years. Designs for components used to repair complex products to restore their original appearance are protected for up to 15 years.
1-3 years
Danish Patent and Trademark Office
English: Danish Patent And Trademark Office, DKPTO
Website: Frontpage (dkpto.org)
Danish invention patent search: PVSOnline - Patent & Varemærkestyrelsen (dkpto.dk)
15 months
Filing Language: Danish/English Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
 - Product Description
 
Attachments (if any):
- Certified Priority Document
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 
DKPTO conducts only formality examination of design patent applications.
Within 12 months prior to the filing date/priority date.
- via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
 - EU appearance route: 6 months from the earliest priority date.
 - Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.
 
Within 12 months of the filing date/priority date.
Filing Language: Danish/English
via Paris Convention via Nationalization of PCT Necessary documents:
- Abstract
 - Abstract Drawing
 - Claim
 - Specification
 - Drawing
 
Necessary documents:
- Abstract
 - Abstract Drawing
 - Claim
 - Specification
 - Drawing
 
Attachments (if any)
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
 - Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Danish/English translation
 - Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Danish/English translation
 - Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 - Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
 
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
 - ISR/IPRP
 - Entry into the Danish national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
 - Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
 - Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Danish/English translation
 - Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Danish/English translation
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 Assignment for Patent Right Transfer