Singapore IPOS "12-month patent application accelerated authorization plan"

According to the relevant provisions of the Singapore Patent Law, a patent applicant can expedite the application in Singapore within 12 months after submitting the application according to the "12-month Accelerated Application Grant Scheme" ("12MG"), provided that all the following requirements are met. Licensing.

1. Required materials:

• Form 1: Request Letter
• Form 11: Request for search and substantive examination
• The reasons for expediting the examination and the technical fields involved in the patent application.
• Form 1 and Form 11 must submit IPOS via IP2SG on the same day.

2. Patent application needs to meet the following conditions:

• Patent applications must be free of formal defects.
• The first review opinion must be positive.
• The authorization fee must be paid within 2 months from receipt of the authorization payment notice (Form 14).
• The request for early publication (Form 9) must be submitted on the same day as the authorization payment notice (Form 14).
• The patent applicant responds to the examination opinion without requesting an extension.