If the invention is disclosed due to malicious disclosure by a third party, or due to the behavior of the applicant or its original right holder, or due to the application for a UK patent, the novelty grace period can be enjoyed 12 months before the filing date/priority date.
2 years
The novelty of an invention will not be affected if it is disclosed within 12 months before its patent application date or priority date:
4-6 months
12 months
6 months
1 year
Bahrain Industrial Property Council
English: Ministry of Industry and Commerce, abbreviation: MOIC
Website: Home (moic.gov.bh)
Bahrain Invention Patent Search: WIPO - Search International and National Patent Collections
The IPO conducts formal and substantive examinations of design patent applications. The substantive examination starts automatically, and the applicant does not need to submit a separate substantive examination request.
Filing Language: English | |
| via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT |
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Filing Language: English/Filipino | |
| via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT |
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Utility models in Hungary are subject to formal and substantive examinations, but not novelty and inventive steps.
A request for substantive examination of a Colombian PCT application must be filed within six months of publication of the application. Applications can be accelerated through the Patent Prosecution Highway.
no
UKRPATENT only conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications.
yes. If multiple designs have at least one of the same category, a maximum of 50 designs can be included in one design.
no
Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."
no