15 years
- IMPI conducts formal and substantive examinations of designs. Substantive examination begins automatically, without a request.
6-8 months
3-5 years
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
25 years
no
yes
yes. As long as the application is not abandoned, the patent type can be converted from invention to utility model within 3 months of filing the invention patent application, or within 3 months from the date when IMPI requires the applicant to make the conversion, after paying the relevant fees.
15 years
yes