OPI conducts only formality examination of invention patent applications. The applicant needs to file a search request within 18 months from the filing date, or submit a search report issued by any official search agency within 18 months from the priority date, and the judgment of novelty in the search report does not affect the Luxembourg patent granted.
6 months
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15 years
no
The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.
no
yes. If several designs belong to the same class in the Locarno Classification, a maximum of 20 designs may be included.
10 years
yes
no
no
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Inventions under the via Paris Convention : 12 months from the earliest priority date.
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