Patent Application Encyclopedia

MOIC conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. A request for substantive examination should be submitted after passing the formality examination, and other national patent offices other than Bahrain can be selected for examination.

Costa Rican Intellectual Property Registry

English: Registry of Intellectual Property, abbreviation: RIP

Website: www.rnpdigital.com

3 months

Mexican Institute of Industrial Property

English: Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, abbreviation: IMPI

URL: www.impi.gob.mx

Mexican Invention Patent Search: Search -- FOLLOW (impi.gob.mx)

Russian Federal Office for Intellectual Property

English: Federal Service for Intellectual Property, ROSPATENT

Website: rospatent.gov.ru

Russian utility patent search: Home (fips.ru)

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.

The application does not lose novelty if it is disclosed by the applicant, inventor, agent, or a third party or state agency that has obtained information from the above-mentioned persons within 6 months before the filing date/priority date.

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

yes. As long as the application is not abandoned, the patent type can be converted from invention to utility model within 3 months of filing the invention patent application, or within 3 months from the date when IMPI requires the applicant to make the conversion, after paying the relevant fees.

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

Within 12 months of the filing date/priority date.

• Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
• Annuity: The applicant needs to renew twice in the 11th-15th year and the 16th-20th year by paying the renewal fee, and the payment node is the granted date of the year.

UIBM conducts substantive examination for the first application, and does not conduct substantive examination for applications with priority that are not submitted for the first time. The applicant can request to disclose in advance, so that the official can enter the actual examination process in advance. The applicant shall pay the official fee for the application fee at the same time on the day of filing, and obtain the official fee receipt accordingly, otherwise the filing date will be the date of payment of the fee; the European Patent Office conducts a prior art search and issues a search report and written opinion. If the written opinion contains an opposition, the response shall be submitted to the Italian Patent Office for examination.

• 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.

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

no

yes. The type of patent can be changed from invention to utility model within 30 days of receiving the grant/rejection decision, and the corresponding fee should be paid.

no

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

Saudi Arabian Intellectual Property Office

English: Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property, abbreviation: SPO

Website: Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (saip.gov.sa)

Saudi Arabia Patent Search: WIPO Publish (saip.gov.sa)