Patent Application Encyclopedia

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" accepted.

no

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

• 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

no

INPI only conducts formality examination of design patent applications.

Novelty grace period is available if the design is disclosed by the designer or the designer's representative within 12 months before the application to IGE/IPI.

Reinstatement of Priority Accepted on Unintentional Grounds.

IP Australia conducts formal and substantive examinations of patent applications for inventions. Patent applicants are required to submit a substantive examination request within 5 years from the filing date, or within 2 months after the official notification of submitting a request for examination (whichever expires earlier). If there are any problems in the examination, the patent applicant has 12 months to solve them. If the defects cannot be overcome, the patent application will be invalid. If no opposition occurs within the 3-month opposition period, the patent application will be granted.

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

25 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)

Chilean National Institute of Industrial Property

English: National Institute of Industrial Property, abbreviation: INAPI

URL: Home (inapi.cl)

Chilean Invention Patent Search: INAPI - Consulta de Patentes

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

no