- via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
 - Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.
 
1-1.5 years
no
Filing Language: English
Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
 - A Brief Description
 
Attachments (if any):
- Certified Priority Document
 - Power of Attorney
 - Certified Priority Document
 - small entity declaration
 - inventor statement
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 - IDS Form/IDS Document/prior art
 
USPTO
English: United States Patent and Trademark Office, abbreviation: USPTO
Website: www.uspto.gov
US invention patent search: Patent Public Search | USPTO
yes
Filing Language: English
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 preservation certificate and its English translation
 - Microorganism Survival Certificate and Its English Translation
 - Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
 - Power of Attorney
 - small entity declaration
 - inventor statement
 - 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
 - IDS Form/IDS Document/prior art
 
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
 - ISR/IPRP
 - Enter the US national phase 19/28/34/41 Amendments
 - Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
 - Microorganism preservation certificate and its English translation
 - Microorganism Survival Certificate and Its English Translation
 - Power of Attorney
 - small entity declaration
 - inventor statement
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 - IDS Form/IDS Document/prior art
 
yes. If the appearance of the designs embodying the same design concept is similar, the combined design may be submitted in one design application.
15 years
2-3 years
yes