Patent Application Encyclopedia

• Grant fee: The applicant needs to pay the granted fee within 3 months after receiving the notification of the granted decision, and pay the annual fee for the first to third years at the same time.
• Annuity: The annual fee will be paid year by year starting from the fourth year from the filing date. The amount of the annual fee depends on the number of Claim, and the annual fee can also be paid. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within the 6-month late payment period after the due date, but a 200% penalty must be paid at the same time.

no

Formal examination and substantive examination are required.

no

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee, registration fee and first annual fee within 4 months after receiving the granted decision.
• Annuity: pay year by year starting from the first year from the application date, the annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if the annual fee is overdue, and a 50% penalty must be paid at the same time.

TURKPATENT only conducts a formality examination of the design patent application, and it can be authorized if it meets the novelty.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
• Validation of European Patent in EPO member states: 3 months from the date of European patent grant.

yes

no

If within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the essence or details of the invention are maliciously disclosed, or exhibited by the inventor in an international or official exhibition, the invention does not lose its novelty.

20 years (Bangladesh Patents Act 2022)

If the design is disclosed by the designer or his representative within 12 months before the filing date, the design will not lose its novelty.

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

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

6 months before the filing date/priority date.

Reinstatement of right of priority accepted on grounds of "unintentional".

INPI only conducts formality examination of design patent applications.

yes. It is allowed to include multiple designs in one design application.