Patent Application Encyclopedia

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Columbia Chamber of Commerce and Industry

English: Superintendence of Industry and Commerce Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism

Website: http://www.sic.gov.co/

• Grant fee: The applicant needs to pay the granted fee when receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: The applicant needs to pay the annual fee for the second year within 2 months from the date of issuance of the granted notice. The payment can be postponed within 6 months after the overdue period, but a penalty of 30% of the annual fee of the current year must be paid at the same time. You can pay the annual fee for more than two years at one time.

12 months before the filing date/priority date.

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The SPO conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the invention patent, and publishes it after the formality examination is passed. The applicant needs to pay the substantive examination fee within 3 months after receiving the payment notice, and start the substantive examination. The duration depends on the complexity of the application.

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

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

Danish Patent and Trademark Office

English: Danish Patent And Trademark Office, DKPTO

Website: Frontpage (dkpto.org)

Danish invention patent search: PVSOnline - Patent & Varemærkestyrelsen (dkpto.dk)

If the invention is disclosed by a third party maliciously, or by the behavior of the applicant or its original right holder, and by the application for a UK patent, the novelty grace period can be enjoyed 12 months before the filing date/priority date

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

20 years

• Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted registration fee within 3 months after receiving the notification of granted decision.
• Annuity: Three annual fees shall be paid in the 3.5th year, 7.5 years and 11.5 years from the date of granted, and the payment may be postponed within 6 months after the overdue period, but 25% of the annual fee of the current year shall be paid at the same time as a penalty.

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

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

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

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