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• Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted fee within 60 days after receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: The annual fee is paid in two installments, once every five years. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a 20% late fee is required.

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

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 20 months from the earliest priority date.

*Luxembourg is one of the only countries in the world that still retain Chapter I for 20 months to enter the national phase (the other is Tanzania). If it takes 30 months to enter the national phase, a request for international preliminary examination must be filed.

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10 years

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• The way of the Hague Agreement: The Hague Agreement will automatically take effect in Bulgaria after 6 months from the registration of the Hague Agreement.
• EU appearance route: 6 months from the earliest priority date.

The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed every 5 years, up to a maximum of 25 years.

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted official fee, announcement fee and the first annual fee (that is, the annual fee for the first to third years) within 3 months after receiving the notification of the granted decision.
• Annuity: The applicant needs to pay the annual fee for the next stage in the sixth year and the eighth year respectively. Overdue annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months. At the same time, 30% of the annual fee of the current year will be paid as a penalty.

yes. Before the applicant has received a final decision, an application to change the type of invention from a utility model to an invention may be proposed.

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.

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no

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.

• Grant fee: The applicant needs to pay the granted fee within 3 months after receiving the notification of the granted decision, and pay the annual fee for the first to third years at the same time.
• Annuity: The annual fee is paid year by year starting from the fourth year from the filing date, and the amount of the annual fee depends on the number of Claim. Annuitys can also be paid. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within the 6-month grace period after the due date, but an 18% penalty must be paid at the same time.

In Australia, the acquisition of patent application for design is divided into two parts: registration and certification. Both of these are required to legally exercise design rights. After IP Australia's 8-week preliminary review of the design, the design patent will obtain a patent certificate. If you want to exercise the design patent right, you must go through 13 weeks of IP Australia's review and reply, and you will be certified after passing.

Deadlines for entering the national/regional phase under Chapters I and II of the PCT Treaty

(Monthly from priority date)
(Status as of June 7, 2022)

For detailed information on extensions of deadlines in specific designated/elected Offices, see the corresponding national chapters of the PCT Applicant's Guide.

1. If a European patent is designated/elected, the applicable term is found in the information on EP (European Patent Office) as designated/elected Office.
2. In case of designation/elected Eurasian patent, the applicable term can be found in the information on EA (Eurasian Patent Office) as designated/elected Office.
3. In the absence of information from the Offices concerned, the time limits indicated are those generally applicable under Articles 22(1) and 39(1)(a) of the PCT Treaty. If the Office decides to apply a longer period, the information will be published in the PCT Communications.
4. For the following countries which do not operate a designated/elected Office of their own, this Office is designated/elected: SZ.
5. This time limit can be extended if the applicant pays an additional fee for late entry into the national phase (see the national phase information below for details).
6. If ARIPO patent is designated/elected, the applicable term can be found in the information on AP (ARIPO) as Designated/Elected Office.
7. It may be extended upon written request of the applicant.
8. The time limit applicable when the applicant pays the additional fee for late national phase entry.
9. For the following countries which do not operate a designated/elected Office of their own, this Office is designated/elected: LI.
10. For the following countries that do not operate a designated/elected Office of their own, this Office is designated/elected Office: BE, CY, FR, GR, IE, IT, LT, LV, MC, MT, NL, SI, SM .
11. The Office had informed the International Bureau that the time limit under Article 22(1) of the PCT Treaty, as amended and entered into force on April 1, 2002, did not apply to it - it did not yet apply the 30-month time limit for entry into the national phase.
12. Designated/elected Office for the following countries for which no designated/elected Office operates of its own: BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR , NE, SN, TD, TG.
13. This time limit may be extended by 30 days if the applicant pays an additional fee for late entry into the national phase.
14. This period can be extended by up to 18 months on payment of the prescribed fee by the applicant (see National Phase Information for details).
15. After the 30-month period (30 months from the priority date), the applicant may request restoration of the rights within 12 months, provided that the restoration fee is paid and the Canadian Patent Rules 154(3 ) with respect to (delay of national phase entry) other requirements for reinstatement of rights.
16. Applicable to international applications filed on or after 1 July 2020.

Source: https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/time_limits.html