Filing Language: Ukrainian | |
via Paris Convention | via Nationalization of PCT |
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Attachments (if any)
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- Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the patent announcement fee and granted fee within 3 months after receiving the patent granted decision.
- Annuity: payable year by year from the first year onwards from the application date. The first annual fee should be paid within 4 months after the patent grant. If the annual fee is overdue, the payment can be postponed within the 6-month grace period after the expiration of the period, and a 50% penalty must be paid at the same time.
12-14 months
- yes. The same category may include multiple designs in one design.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
UKRPATENT conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. The applicant needs to submit a request for substantive examination and pay the official fee within 3 years from the filing date.
no
20 years
UKRPATENT only conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications.
yes. The applicant may request to change the patent type from invention to utility model before the invention patent application is granted.
If the designer or a third party who directly or indirectly obtains relevant information from the designer discloses the design within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the design will not lose its novelty.