6-18 months
Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."
4 months
OPI conducts only formality examination of design patent applications.
The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.
no
yes. A Benelux design application may contain multiple designs, but not more than 50 designs.
- Authorization Fee: None
- Annuity: pay year by year from the third year from the application date, and the payment deadline for the annual fee is the end of the month corresponding to the application date. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a late fee of 20.00 Euros should be paid at the same time.
5-8 months
The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed 4 times, each time for 5 years, and the maximum protection can be 25 years.
OPI does not conduct substantive examination for utility models (short-term patents). If no search is carried out or search reports from other countries are provided, it will only be protected as a short-term patent.