Patent Application Encyclopedia

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If the invention is disclosed intentionally or unintentionally by the applicant, or the disclosure is made with or without the consent of the applicant, a 12-month novelty grace period may be enjoyed.

• 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.

The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed 4 times, each time for 5 years, and the maximum protection can be 25 years.

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20 years

12-18 months

yes. If multiple designs have at least one of the same category, a maximum of 50 designs can be included in one design.

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

The IPO conducts formal and substantive examinations of design patent applications. The substantive examination starts automatically, and the applicant does not need to submit a separate substantive examination request.

Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee, registration fee and first renewal fee within 2 months after receiving the granted decision.

Annuity: From the third year onwards from the date of application, it shall be paid year by year. The renewal fee should be paid within the last year of the current 5-year validity period, and the annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if the annual fee is overdue, and a 50% penalty must be paid at the same time.

Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Republic of Indonesia

English: Directorate General of Intellectual Property (Indonesia), abbreviation: DGIP

Website: www.dgip.go.id

Indonesian invention patent search: Public Domain Patent Database Information System | PATENT (dgip.go.id)

Romanian Patent and Trademark Office

English: State Office for Inventions and Trademarks, abbreviation: OSIM

Website: OSIM, EUIPO, WIPO registration, verification, terms and costs (inregistrare-marci.ro)

Romanian Utility Model Patent Search: ro.espacenet.com

The initial protection is 6 years, and can be renewed for 2 times after the expiration, and the maximum protection can be 10 years.

IPONIGERIA conducts only formality examination of designs.

15 years

TURKPATENT conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the invention patent application. The applicant needs to submit an existing technology search request within 12 months from the application date, and then submit a substantive examination request within 3 months after receiving the search report. It has PCT international The search report does not need to go through the prior art search, and the search request should not be later than 15 months from the filing date/priority date. The search report will indicate the documents to be considered in determining whether the invention to which the application relates is novel and involves an inventive step. If the patent application has been published at this time, the search report will be published separately; if the patent application has not been published, the search report will be published together with the patent application. If Turkpatent believes that the patent application does not comply with Turkish law, it will notify the applicant to submit a defense opinion or amend the application documents within 3 months from the date of its notification. However, amendments cannot go beyond the scope of the application. This kind of notification-response or modification process can be repeated, but no more than 3 times.