Patent Application Encyclopedia

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To accept the restoration of the right of priority, please consult IPOM about the applicable standards and/or charges.

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KIPO conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. Only after the application documents meet the conditions of formality examination, KIPO will assign the patent to the application number. Publication is completed within 18 months from the filing date/priority date. The applicant/interested party shall submit a substantive examination request no later than 5 years from the filing date. Once an examination request is made, it cannot be withdrawn, and KIPO conducts examination in the order in which the examination requests are filed. Patent applications that meet the grant conditions will be granted.

Reinstatement of priority accepted on grounds of "Unintentional".

A 12-month novelty grace period is available if:

• The applicant authorizes others to use
• manifest misuse by a third party

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5-6 years

1-2 years

1-6 months

1-3 years

The novelty grace period in Hungary is 6 months before the filing date if disclosure occurs:

- due to abuse of the rights of the applicant or his predecessors;
- because the applicant or the predecessor of the right holder has exhibited the invention at an exhibition duly recognized by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office.

The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

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10 years

If the disclosure is caused by the inventor or the information source of the discloser is the inventor; or if the disclosure occurs again after being disclosed by the above-mentioned subject, the patent enjoys a novelty grace period within 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

8 months