Patent Application Encyclopedia

no

UIBM only conducts formality examination of design patent applications, and does not examine novelty and uniqueness.

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

8 months

no

none

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.

Authorization Fee: None

Annuity: The applicant shall pay the commenced and all due annual fees within 3 months from the date of granted. The annual fee shall be calculated and paid year by year from the third year from the application date, and shall be paid before the application date of each year. Overdue payment may be made within 6 months of the overdue period.

Applicants are required to provide the Indian Patent Office with a report on the work of the granted patent, stating the commercial work status of the patent in the previous year, before March 31 of each year.

• Authorization Fee: None
• Annuity: payable year by year starting from the 6th year from the date of application

The deadline for the registration process has not yet been determined as applications have not been reviewed, published and approved.

yes. Multiple designs are allowed in one design application, but no more than 50 designs.

yes. The applicant may request to change the patent type from utility model to invention before the utility model patent application is granted.

25 years

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

Reinstatement of priority with "due care" and "unintentional/due care" is accepted and a priority recovery fee of SGD 290.00 is required.

no. (Utility models submitted before January 11, 2020 can be converted into inventions, provided that the technical preparations for publication are completed (approximately 16 months from the filing date). Search fees and search reports must be submitted at the same time.)

yes

no

1.5-2 years