Patent Application Encyclopedia

6 months from the earliest priority date.

10-12 months

3-6 months

• Authorization Fee: None
• Annuity: The first annual fee needs to be paid year by year from the fifth year after the granted. The applicant should pay the annual fee within 3 months before the due date. The deadline is the last day of the month where the application date is located. Overdue payment can be made within the 6-month late payment period. Except that no penalty will be charged for the first month, a penalty of GBP 24.00 per month will be charged for the remaining months.

• 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.

If the design is maliciously disclosed by a third party, disclosed by the designer or his successor, or the source of information disclosed by a third party is the designer or his successor, the novelty of 12 months before the filing date or priority date may be enjoyed. sexual grace

The PPO only conducts formality examination of the design, and does not examine novelty and uniqueness.

yes. Before the applicant receives the final decision, it may be proposed to change the type of invention from invention to utility model.

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

10 years

Bahrain Industrial Property Council

English: Ministry of Industry and Commerce, abbreviation: MOIC

Website: Home (moic.gov.bh)

Bahrain Utility Model Patent Search: WIPO - Search International and National Patent Collections

If within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the essence or details of the invention are maliciously disclosed, or exhibited by the inventor in an international or official exhibition, the invention does not lose its novelty.

10 years

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

no

no

Novelty grace period of 12 months for inventors, their successors and third parties who have received information about the invention from the inventor/successors, through any form of communication or at national and international exhibitions .

KIPO 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.