Patent Application Encyclopedia

The DGIP conducts formal and substantive examinations of utility model patent applications.

The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed 4 times, each time for 5 years, and the maximum protection can be 25 years.

no

15 years

10 years

8-10 years

10 years

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

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

Inventors have a novelty grace period of 12 months after disclosure (including sale).

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" accepted.

10 years

yes. If multiple designs have at least one of the same category, a maximum of 50 designs can be included in one design.

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" is accepted.

DKPTO conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. Danish patent applications can be filed and examined in English, but when the patent is granted the Claim need to be translated into Danish. The substantive examination starts automatically, and there is no need for the applicant to submit a request for substantive examination. DKPOT will conduct novelty search and patentability examination, and the applicant will receive the first search report within 6 to 7 months from the date of application. The patent application will be granted in about 1-3 years after the grant conditions are met.

10 years, renewable 2 times, 5 years each time, up to 20 years of protection.

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" accepted.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.