Patent Application Encyclopedia

6 months before the filing date/priority date.

In addition to the application fee, there are no official granted fees to pay. A registered industrial design in Hungary is valid for five years from the filing date. A design registration can be renewed four times for a period of five years, with a maximum term of protection of 25 years from the filing date. The application for renewal shall be submitted within 6 months before the expiration of the validity period or within the grace period for another 6 months.

MOIC only conducts formality examination on designs.

OPI does not conduct substantive examination for utility models (short-term patents). If no search is carried out or search reports from other countries are provided, it will only be protected as a short-term patent.

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of “due care” accepted as RO.

5-6 years

DIP conducts substantive examination of design patent applications, and only examines whether the conditions of novelty and industrial applicability are met.

1-1.5 years

no

1-3 years

yes. Multiple designs may be included in one design application.

yes. If the designs are interrelated, a maximum of 20 designs may be included in one design application.

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: payable year by year starting from the fourth year from the date of application. The payment date can be the last day of the month where the application date is located. Overdue annual fees can be paid within a grace period of six months, and a penalty of 50.00 Swiss francs must be paid at the same time.

If the British patent application is disclosed in an officially recognized international exhibition 6 months before the application, or is disclosed maliciously by a third party, the novelty grace period will be enjoyed. Evidence of exhibits at the exhibition must be submitted with the application.

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

20 years

yes

Reinstatement of priority accepted on grounds of "Unintentional".