not applicable
20 years, drug patents can apply for protection to 24 years.
Designs with a filing date after March 10, 2022, where the first disclosure occurs after that date due to:
- Inadvertently making a design public
- Didn't know the design needed to apply for protection before it was disclosed
A design patent application can enjoy a novelty grace period of 12 months.
4-5 years
- Registration: 2 weeks.
- Certification: 4 months.
yes
yes
10 years.
- Licensing Fee: None.
- Annuity: The renewal request must be made within 12 months before the expiration of the registration period. If the annual fee is overdue, the payment can be postponed within a grace period of 6 months, but a late fee of 100.00 Australian dollars will be charged.
yes. It is allowed to include multiple designs in one design application.
For innovation patents that have ceased application on August 25, 2021, the innovation patents that have been applied for can still enjoy the corresponding 8-year protection period.