Patent Application Encyclopedia

6 months

DIP conducts substantive examination of design patent applications, and only examines whether the conditions of novelty and industrial applicability are met.

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

15 years

Formal examination and substantive examination are required.

2 years

12-18 months

Reinstatement of Priority Accepted on Unintentional Grounds.

no

Formal examination and substantive examination are required.

IPVN conducts formality examination and substantive examination of utility model patents. IPVN has no restrictions on the fields of utility model patent applications. Utility models can be applied for in all fields covered by inventions, but all utility models will undergo substantive examination. A patent applicant/anyone needs to file a substantive request no later than 36 months from the filing date.

no

3 months

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

not applicable.

yes. The applicant may request that the patent type be converted from invention to utility model before the patent is granted.

IP Australia conducts formal and substantive examinations of patent applications for inventions. Patent applicants are required to submit a substantive examination request within 5 years from the filing date, or within 2 months after the official notification of submitting a request for examination (whichever expires earlier). If there are any problems in the examination, the patent applicant has 12 months to solve them. If the defects cannot be overcome, the patent application will be invalid. If no opposition occurs within the 3-month opposition period, the patent application will be granted.

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