Patent Application Encyclopedia

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee and announcement fee within 90 days after receiving the official payment notice.
• Annuity: The annual fee starts to be paid year by year from the second year from the application date. It needs to be paid between January 1 and March 31 each year. If it is overdue, it can be paid within the 3-month overdue period, and it will be doubled at the same time. cost of.

yes. For an invention with the same subject matter, the applicant may file a patent type conversion request within 2 months from the date of receiving the patent application decision, but no later than 10 years from the application date, and change the patent type from invention to utility model .

6 months from the earliest priority date.

no

As a PCT filing office, it accepts the restoration of the right of priority on the grounds of "unintentional".

10 years

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

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

IPOPHIL conducts formality examination and substantive examination of utility model patent applications, but only needs to meet the standards of novelty and practicality, and does not require inventive step.

A request for substantive examination of a Colombian PCT application must be filed within six months of publication of the application. Applications can be accelerated through the Patent Prosecution Highway.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
• Validation of European Patent in EPO member states: 3 months from the date of European patent grant.

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

6 months before the filing date/priority date.

20 years

Reinstatement of right of priority accepted on grounds of "unintentional".

3-5 years

yes. It is allowed to include multiple designs in one design application.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
• Validation of European Patent in EPO member states: within 3 months from the date of granted of the European invention.

The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed 4 times for a maximum protection of 25 years.