Patent Application Encyclopedia

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

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

10 years

• Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
• Annuity: pay year by year from the 4th year of the application date, the applicant should pay within 3 months before the annual annual fee is due, if the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and the penalty should be paid at the same time.

The application does not lose novelty if it is disclosed within 12 months from the filing date/priority date by the applicant, inventor, agent, or a third party or state agency that has obtained information from the above-mentioned persons.

• Authorization Fee: None
• Annuity: The applicant should pay the first annual fee at the beginning of the 5th year from the application date. If it is authorized at the beginning of the 5th year, it must be paid within 60 days from the date of granted. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within 120 days of the overdue period. The annual fee can be paid for multiple years at one time.

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16-18 months

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

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20 years. Patented medicines and plant protection new varieties can obtain an additional 5-year renewal period, and children's medicines can obtain an additional half-year patent protection period.

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee within 2 months after receiving the notification of granted decision, and pay the annual fee for the first to fifth years at the same time.
• Annuity: Subsequent payment of annual fee every 5 years, overdue payment can be made within the grace period after 6 months, but a penalty must be paid at the same time.

3-5 years

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.

KIPO conducts formality examination and substantive examination of utility model patent applications, but only needs to meet the standards of novelty and practicality, and does not require inventive step.

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.

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

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

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