Italian Patent and Trademark Office
English: Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office, abbreviation: UIBM
Website: www.uibm.gov.it
- Licensing Fee: None.
- Annuity: Pay the renewal fee for the next 5-year protection period before the expiration of each 5-year protection period, that is, the 6th, 11th, 16th and 21st year annual fees.
Filing Language: Italian
Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
- A Brief Description
Attachments (if any):
- Power of Attorney
- Certified Priority Document
- Italian translation of the priority certification document (notarization is required)
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
2 years
12 months before the filing date/priority date.
yes. UIBM may require the applicant to change the patent type from invention to utility model.
UIBM only conducts formality examination of design patent applications, and does not examine novelty and uniqueness.
- Licensing Fee: None.
- Annuity: payable annually starting from the 5th year from the filing date; if the annual fee is due while the application is still under review, it should be paid within 4 months from the date of granted. All subsequent annual fees should be paid in advance by the last day of the month in which the filing date falls. If the applicant declares to provide a non-exclusive license to the public, the annual fee for maintaining the patent right can be reduced by 50%; if the annual fee is not paid within the time limit, it can be paid within 6 months of the due date, and a late fee of 100.00 Euros will be paid ; The annual fee can be paid accumulatively.
no
Reinstatement of priority is accepted on the grounds of "all due care".
A novelty grace period of 6 months prior to the filing date/priority date may be enjoyed in the following cases.
- Publication at official or officially recognized international exhibitions
- Malicious disclosure by a third party