Patent Application Encyclopedia

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

yes

no

yes. UIBM may require the applicant to change the patent type from invention to utility model.

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

Trademarks, Patents and Designs Commercial Law Section, Nigerian Ministry of Trade and Investment

English: Patents and Designs Registry Commercial Law Department Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, abbreviation: IPONIGERIA

Website: MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY TRADE AND INVESTMENTS COMMERCIAL LAW DEPARTMENT TRADEMARKS,PATENTS AND DESIGNS REGISTRYe (iponigeria.com)

5 years, renewable 4 times, 5 years each time, up to 25 years of protection.

Examination of form only. The utility model application is examined for compliance with formal requirements, uniformity and registrability. If there is no special requirement, no novelty review will be conducted. The applicant can submit a request for delay in grant within 2 months from the filing date/priority date, and the grant can be delayed for 15 months at the latest.

5 months

15 years

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

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee, announcement fee and the first annual fee (that is, the annual fee for the first to third years) within 3 months after receiving the notification of the granted decision.
• Annuity: Pay year by year in the first year from the date of application. Overdue annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months. At the same time, 30% of the year's annual fee will be paid as a late fee.

Designs are entitled to a novelty grace period of 6 months from the filing date/priority date if:

• If a third party maliciously discloses the New Zealand application within 6 months of the filing date/priority date, making the design available to the public
• If a design application is made for a new or original textile product, the first confidential order does not affect the novelty of the application
• For example, when the design is disclosed to the government to assess the merits of the design
• If submitted within 6 months after the opening of the officially recognized exhibition

10 years

Danish Patent and Trademark Office

English: Danish Patent And Trademark Office, DKPTO

Website: Frontpage (dkpto.org)

Danish Utility Model Patent Search: PVSOnline - Patent & Varemærkestyrelsen (dkpto.dk)

20 years

Reinstatement of priority accepted on grounds of "Unintentional".

yes. After the substantive examination of the invention patent application, the patent applicant can submit a request and pay the prescribed conversion request fee to convert the patent type from invention to utility model. If the invention patent does not meet the conditions for granting a patent, a request for conversion may be filed within three months from the date of issuance of the rejection document of the invention patent.

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: pay year by year from the first year from the date of application, and the applicant should pay the fee within 3 months before the expiration of the annual fee period. Overdue payment can be made within 3 months after the due date, and there is no need to pay the penalty. If the penalty is paid, it can be extended for another 3 months.