Patent Application Encyclopedia

3-5 years

BOIP only conducts a formality examination of the design application, including whether the design violates public order and good customs. Once the formality examination is completed, the patent application will be authorized and published.

7 months

IPOM conducts formality examination and substantive examination for design patent applications. After the applicant successfully submits the application and pays the application fee to determine the application date, IPOM will conduct substantive examination to confirm that the design meets the requirements of novelty, originality and aesthetic feeling. Applicants are not required to submit a specific request for substantive examination.

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

yes. One or a series of designs may be included under the same category.

The design does not lose novelty if it is exhibited at an officially recognized international exhibition within 6 months of the filing/priority date, or if it is disclosed as a result of apparent misuse by the applicant or its previous owner.

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

RIP conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. If the formality examination fails to meet the requirements, the Patent Office will notify the applicant to make corrections within 15 working days. Failure to make corrections on time will be considered withdrawn. After passing the formality examination, the applicant shall pay the publication fee within one month. Costa Rican patent applications will be published in the Patent Gazette for three consecutive days, and applicants can also apply for early publication. Anyone can file an objection within three months of publication. The Patent Office will notify the applicant of the opposition and require the applicant to respond within one month. After the opposition period, the patent application in Costa Rica enters the substantive examination stage, and the patent granted can be obtained if the granted conditions are met. In most cases, the RIP will issue an opinion only once during the substantive examination process.

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TIPO only conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications, and can quickly obtain patent granted by judging whether the formal requirements are met according to the description and drawings. After the granted announcement, anyone can obtain the patent technical report of the utility model application.

Multiple designs are allowed in one design application only if the designs belong to the same set (usually used or sold at the same time).

Romanian Patent and Trademark Office

English: State Office for Inventions and Trademarks, abbreviation: OSIM

Website: OSIM, EUIPO, WIPO registration, verification, terms and costs (inregistrare-marci.ro)

Romanian Utility Model Patent Search: ro.espacenet.com

20 years, and the validity period of patents for pharmaceutical inventions and pesticide inventions can be extended to 25 years upon application.

INPI conducts formal and substantive examinations of invention patent applications. There are three ways to submit an application to INPI: online application, mailing and submitting a written application to INPI in person. No matter which way the application is filed, the application date of the patent is the time when the patent applicant sends the complete patent application text to INPI. The patent application is published within 18 months from the priority date, and a fee can be paid to file an early publication request; from the date of publication, anyone can submit opinions within the 60-day objection period, if there is no objection, the latest from the application date Enter the stage of substantive examination within 18 months. The average number of examination opinions for each patent application is 3. Patents are granted if the requirements of novelty, practicality and inventiveness are met.

The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.

1-2 years

The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

20 years