Patent Application Encyclopedia

• Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted fee within 2 months after receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: The annual fee for the first to fourth years is included in the application fee. After the granted, the annual fee will be paid from the fifth year and paid once every three years. It must be paid on the last day of the month of the application date. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, but a late fee of 50.00 euros will be charged.

20 years

Polish Intellectual Property Office

English: Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, abbreviation: PPO

Website: uprp.gov.pl

Polish Utility Model Patent Search: Wyszukiwarka prosta (uprp.gov.pl)

The initial protection period is 5 years, renewable 4 times, up to 25 years.

ROSPATENT conducts formal and substantive examinations of invention patent applications. After ROSPATENT conducts formality examination for about 2 months, the applicant/anyone should submit a request for substantive examination within 3 years from the date of application, and this period can be extended for 2 months upon request. will be deemed withdrawn. However, the applicant may file a request for reinstatement within 12 months, subject to the payment of a late fee and proof of special circumstances. Third parties are allowed to provide comparative documents that have a negative impact on patentability assessment. Active revision requests can only be made once.

Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute

English: Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (UKRPATENT)

Website: Ukrpatent

Ukrainian Utility Model Patent Search: Specialized DB "Inventions (Utility Models) in Ukraine" (uipv.org)

2-3 years

no

Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."

1-2 years

yes. An invention applicant may propose to change the type of invention from an invention to a utility model during the process of examining the application or within two months from the date of the final decision on the refusal to grant a patent. The utility model application shall be deemed to have been filed from the date of the invention application. A utility model application converted from an invention must fully meet the requirements for utility model documents.

10 years

Formal examination and substantive examination are required. Substantive examination begins automatically, without the need to submit a specific request.

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: The renewal request must be made within 12 months before the expiration of the registration period. If the annual fee is overdue, the payment can be postponed within a grace period of 6 months, but a late fee of 100.00 Australian dollars will be charged.

DIP only conducts formality examination for utility models, and the documents can be authorized if they meet the formality examination standards. If litigation or evaluation of the stability of utility model Claim is required, the applicant may submit a request for substantive examination within one year after the granted announcement.

6 months before the filing date/priority date.

yes

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 20 months from the earliest priority date.

*Luxembourg is one of the only countries in the world that still retain Chapter I for 20 months to enter the national phase (the other is Tanzania). If it takes 30 months to enter the national phase, a request for international preliminary examination must be filed.

PRH conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patents. In Finland, the substantive examination of patent applications starts automatically without filing a specific request. Generally, it takes 8 months for PRH to issue the first office action notification, and the applicant needs to reply to the office action within 2-4 months. Patent granted can be obtained if the granted conditions are met.