no
PRV only conducts formality examination on design patents. After the design is officially submitted to the PRV, no modification or addition of other designs is allowed. An applicant may request a deferment of publication for up to 6 months from the filing date/priority date, and this request must be made at the same time as the new application is filed.
Swedish Patent and Registration Office
English: The Swedish Patent and Registraion Office (PRV)
Website: www.prv.se
Swedish Invention Patent Search: Swedish Patent Database, Search (prv.se)
- Grant fee: The applicant needs to pay the granted fee within 2 months from the date of issuance of the granted notice. If it is overdue, it can resume after paying the recovery fee within a grace period of 4 months.
- annual fee:
- via Paris Convention : the annual fee shall be paid year by year from the third year from the filing date, and the applicant shall pay all the annual fees calculated from the third year from the filing date after granted, and shall pay on the last day of the month in which the filing date is located.
- PCT entry into the Swedish national phase: payable annually from the international filing date. The due date of the annual fee for the first three years is the last day of the month of the second anniversary of the international filing date, and it shall be paid at the same time when entering the national phase; if the time of entering the national phase is before the above deadline, it shall be paid within 2 months after entering the national phase pay. Subsequent annual fees shall be paid by the last day of the month in which the international filing date falls each year. The annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months after the due date at the latest, subject to an additional 20% late fee.
no
5 years, renewable 4 times, 5 years each time, up to 25 years of protection.
- Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
- Annuity: Renewal fee is paid every 5 years. Overdue annual fee can be postponed at the latest within a grace period of 6 months after the due date, and a 20% penalty must be paid at the same time.
no
If the design is disclosed by the designer or his representative within 12 months before the filing date, the design will not lose its novelty.
Reinstatement of priority accepted on grounds of "due care".
20 years, and the protection of pesticide or pharmaceutical patents can be extended to 25 years.