Patent Application Encyclopedia

no

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• Ways to take effect in the EU: 3 months from the date of grant of the European patent.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.

• Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the annual fee of the granted year at the same time after receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: payable year by year from the first year onwards from the application date.

yes

no

DIP conducts substantive examination of design patent applications, and only examines whether the conditions of novelty and industrial applicability are met.

• Authorization Fee: None
• Annuity: The applicant should pay the first annual fee at the beginning of the 5th year from the application date. If it is authorized at the beginning of the 5th year, it must be paid within 60 days from the date of granted. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within 120 days of the overdue period. The annual fee can be paid for multiple years at one time.

10 years

yes. A Benelux design application may contain multiple designs, but not more than 50 designs.

4-6 months

The initial term of protection is 5 years from the filing date, which can be extended up to 25 years by renewal every 5 years.

International Patent Registration Center, Industrial Property Division, Ministry of Economy, United Arab Emirates

English: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MINISTRY OF ECONOMY International Center for Patent Registration Ministry of Economy, abbreviation: ICPR

Website: الصفحة الرئيسية | وزارة الاقتصاد - الإمارات العربية المتحدة (moec.gov.ae)

20 years, and the protection of pesticide or pharmaceutical patents can be extended to 25 years.

The RVO conducts only formality examination of design patent applications.

no

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

The initial period of protection is 6 years, which can be renewed twice, up to a maximum of 10 years.

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