What are the requirements for the utility model application documents in Bulgaria?

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Filing Language: Bulgarian

via Paris Convention via Nationalization of PCT

Necessary documents:

  1. Abstract
  2. Abstract Drawing
  3. Claim
  4. Specification
  5. Drawing

Necessary documents:

  1. Abstract
  2. Abstract Drawing
  3. Claim
  4. Specification
  5. Drawing

Attachments (if any)

  1. Power of Attorney
  2. Priority certificate and its Bulgarian translation
  3. Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
  4. Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
  5. Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review

Attachments (if any)

  1. WIPO Publication
  2. ISR/IPRP
  3. Entering the national phase of Bulgaria State 19/28/34/41 amended
  4. Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
  5. Power of Attorney
  6. Assignment for Patent Right Transfer

专利申请流程

BG Bulgaria

  • Is a Bulgarian industrial design application eligible for DAS?

    no

  • Instructions for Authorization of Industrial Design and Annual Fees in Bulgaria

    • Grant fee: It will be paid together with the granted announcement fee one month after receiving the granted notice, and the payment will be doubled if it is overdue.
    • Annuity: The renewal fee payment period is the corresponding date of the application date in the year, and can be paid within the last year of the current validity period. Payment can still be made within 6 months from the overdue date, subject to a penalty.

  • Novelty grace period for patent applications for inventions in Bulgaria

    A novelty grace period of 6 months is available if:

    • The applicant or the original right holder obviously abused the
    • Exhibited by the applicant or the original right holder at an official or officially recognized exhibition

  • What are the requirements for the Bulgarian invention patent application documents

    Filing Language: Bulgarian

    via Paris Convention via Nationalization of PCT

    Necessary documents:

    1. Abstract
    2. Abstract Drawing
    3. Claim
    4. Specification
    5. Drawing

    Necessary documents:

    1. Abstract
    2. Abstract Drawing
    3. Claim
    4. Specification
    5. Drawing

    Attachments (if any)

    1. Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
    2. Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Bulgarian translation
    3. Certificate of Microbial Survival and its Bulgarian translation
    4. Power of Attorney
    5. Priority certificate and its Bulgarian translation
    6. Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
    7. Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
    8. Application fee payment proof document
    9. Notification issued by CNIPA notify the applicant the application has passed through the security review

    Attachments (if any)

    1. WIPO Publication
    2. ISR/IPRP
    3. Entering the national phase of Bulgaria State 19/28/34/41 amended
    4. Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
    5. Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Bulgarian translation
    6. Certificate of Microbial Survival and its Bulgarian translation
    7. Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
    8. Power of Attorney
    9. Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
    10. Application fee payment proof document

  • Is a utility model application in Bulgaria eligible for DAS?

    no

  • Is a Bulgarian invention patent application eligible for DAS

    no

  • How long is the application period for industrial design in Bulgaria?

    • via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
    • The way of the Hague Agreement: The Hague Agreement will automatically take effect in Bulgaria after 6 months from the registration of the Hague Agreement.
    • EU appearance route: 6 months from the earliest priority date.

  • Is a Bulgarian utility model application convertible?

    no

  • Can the priority right of utility model application be restored in Bulgaria?

    Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" accepted.

  • Features of the Bulgarian invention patent application process

    The BPO conducts formal and substantive examinations of invention patent applications. The BPO will complete the formality examination within 1 month from the filing date, and then the BPO will verify the Certified Priority Document and its related fees, and will conduct a preliminary substantive examination and unity examination of the patent application within 3 months after the end of the preliminary examination. A patent application that has paid the search fee and publication fee is published within 18 months from the filing date/priority date, and the opposition period is 3 months from the publication date. Search reports, written opinions on patentability and third-party opinions will be conveyed to the applicant no later than 6 months after the expiration of the 3-month opposition period. Can be authorized.