6 months before the filing date/priority date.
4 months
The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.
no
6 months before the filing date/priority date.
OPI conducts only formality examination of design patent applications.
- via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
- EU appearance route: 6 months from the earliest priority date.
- Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.
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.
Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."
- 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.
Filing Language: English/German/French
via Paris Convention via Nationalization of PCT Necessary documents:
- Abstract
- Abstract Drawing
- Claim
- Specification
- Drawing
Necessary documents:
- Abstract
- Abstract Drawing
- Claim
- Specification
- Drawing
Attachments (if any)
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
- Microorganism deposit certificate and its English/German/French translation
- Certificate of Microorganism Survival and its English/German/French translation
- Power of Attorney
- Certified Priority Document
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entering the Luxembourg national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
- Microorganism deposit certificate and its English/German/French translation
- Certificate of Microorganism Survival and its English/German/French translation
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Power of Attorney
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer