Patent Application Encyclopedia

20 years

no

• Grant fee: The applicant needs to pay the granted fee when receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: The applicant needs to pay the annual fee for the second year within 2 months from the date of issuance of the granted notice. The payment can be postponed within 6 months after the overdue period, but a penalty of 30% of the annual fee of the current year must be paid at the same time. You can pay the annual fee for more than two years at one time.

Utility models in Hungary are subject to formal and substantive examinations, but not novelty and inventive steps.

1-3 years

no

Formal examination: IPOS will conduct formality examination first after receiving the patent application and the application fee of S$170 . After passing the preliminary examination, the application date will be determined. Those who do not meet the formality examination need to overcome the defects within 2 months after receiving the correction notice from IPOS. Formal examination includes examination of whether there are any missing priority information, description and drawings of the description, etc.

Publication: A patent application is published 18 months from the filing date/priority date, and the applicant may request early publication.

Search and substantive examination: The applicant can choose three ways to submit a search request and substantive examination, and submit a substantive examination request within 36 months from the filing date at the latest, and pay the corresponding fee. IPOS will examine patent applications for novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability. Applicants with search results from other countries can take advantage of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) and ASEAN Patent Examination Cooperation (ASPEC) procedures to obtain patent rights in Singapore more quickly and efficiently. If there are no deficiencies to overcome, the patent application will be granted. If the applicant cannot resolve the issue within 18 months from the date of the first written opinion, the patent application will be rejected.

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

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

If the designer or a third party who directly or indirectly obtains relevant information from the designer discloses the design within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the design will not lose its novelty.

4-5 years

yes. Prior to patent grant/rejection, the patent type can be converted from utility model to invention at the request of the applicant. Can only be converted once.

If the British patent application is disclosed in an officially recognized international exhibition 6 months before the application, or is disclosed maliciously by a third party, the novelty grace period will be enjoyed. Evidence of exhibits at the exhibition must be submitted with the application.

Acceptance of restoration of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care"

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

Mongolian Intellectual Property Office

English: Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia, Abbreviation: IPOM

Website: Улсын бүртгэлийн ерөнхий газар (burtgel.gov.mn)

OSIM conducts formality examination and substantive examination of design patent applications. The quality of the exterior design pictures must be guaranteed, and OSIM only accepts pictures or paper copies in .gif format. Applicants may apply for a deferment of publication, but not later than 30 months after the filing date. Within two months after publication, any third party may raise objections and provide evidence, and OSIM will convey the third-party public opinions to the applicant, and the applicant shall reply within two months from receiving the notification. Within three months of the objection being filed, OSIM will issue a report agreeing or denying the objection, which will be considered in the substantive examination.

no

yes

The RVO conducts only formality examination of design patent applications.