Patent Application Encyclopedia

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

Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office

English: Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office, Abbreviation: OPI

Website: Ministry of the Economy // The Luxembourg Government (gouvernement.lu)

Luxembourg Invention Patent Search: BPP eRegister (public.ws_lu)

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

20 years

2-3 years

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

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from the earliest priority date and 14 months at the latest.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
• Validation of European Patent in EPO member states: 3 months from the date of European patent grant.

no

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

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

Austrian Patent Office

English: Austrian Patent Office, abbreviation: ATPO

Website: Home | Das Österreichische Patentamt

Austrian Utility Model Patent Search: National Patents Search (patentamt.at)

no

If disclosed by the author or his successor, the novelty grace period shall be enjoyed within 12 months after the first disclosure.

yes

Novelty of the invention shall not be lost if the inventor, or a third party who directly or indirectly obtains relevant information from the inventor, discloses the invention information within 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

• Grant fee: The applicant needs to pay the granted fee within 2 months from the date of issuance of the granted notice. If it is overdue, it can resume after paying the recovery fee within a grace period of 4 months.
• annual fee:
  • via Paris Convention : the annual fee shall be paid year by year from the third year from the filing date, and the applicant shall pay all the annual fees calculated from the third year from the filing date after granted, and shall pay on the last day of the month in which the filing date is located.
  • PCT entry into the Swedish national phase: payable annually from the international filing date. The due date of the annual fee for the first three years is the last day of the month of the second anniversary of the international filing date, and it shall be paid at the same time when entering the national phase; if the time of entering the national phase is before the above deadline, it shall be paid within 2 months after entering the national phase pay. Subsequent annual fees shall be paid by the last day of the month in which the international filing date falls each year. The annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months after the due date at the latest, subject to an additional 20% late fee.