Patent Application Encyclopedia

Formal examination and substantive examination are required. Substantive examination begins automatically, without the need to submit a specific request.

A novelty grace period of 6 months prior to the filing date/priority date may be granted if the invention is disclosed as a result of apparent misuse by the applicant or its former right holders, or if the invention is exhibited at an official or officially recognized exhibition.

The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

The patent grant procedure is divided into two separate stages:

• The first stage is the formality examination stage, from the filing of the patent application to the publication of the patent application.
• The second stage is the substantive examination stage after publication. If the application meets the formal requirements, the Hungarian Patent Office will manage the filing date and perform a novelty search. The request for substantive examination can be made at the time of filing the application or at the latest within 6 months from the date of publication of the search report in the Official Gazette.

INDECOPI conducts formal and substantive examinations of invention patent applications. The form review takes about 60 days. After submitting a patent application, INDECOPI will first check the application in detail for compliance with defense and atomic energy requirements. The applicant shall reply within 30 working days to the notice of form correction issued by the examiner. Failure to respond or an unsuccessful response to the patent application will be deemed abandoned. The response period may be extended to 60 working days. Within 18 months from the date of application after passing the formality examination, INDECOPI will publish the patent application in the Peruvian Official Gazette, and any third party can raise objections within 60 days from the date of publication of the application. If an objection is raised, INDECOPI will start the objection procedure. The applicant must respond to the objection within 60 days. Within 6 months from the publication date, the applicant must file a request for substantive examination and pay relevant fees to enter the final substantive examination.

Italian Patent and Trademark Office

English: Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office, abbreviation: UIBM

Website: www.uibm.gov.it

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: The annual fee is paid year by year in the first year from the application date. The annual fee before the granted should be paid after the granted, and the subsequent annual fee can be paid every three years.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
• Validation of European Patent in EPO member states: within 3 months from the date of grant of the European patent.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

IP Australia

English: Australian Patent Office, abbreviation: IP Australia

Website: IP Australia | Protect The Value Of Your Ideas

Australian invention patent search: IP Australia: AusPat Quick Search

• Grant fee: The announcement fee includes the granted official fee.
• Annuity: pay year by year from the second year of the application date, and should be paid on the date of the application date. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and at the same time pay 160.00 Bahraini dinar (large entity) late fee.

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USPTO

English: United States Patent and Trademark Office, abbreviation: USPTO

Website: www.uspto.gov

US invention patent search: Patent Public Search | USPTO

ATPO conducts formality examination only for utility model patent applications. Although ATPO searches utility model patent applications, the search results do not affect the grant results. The applicant may amend the patent application after receiving the search report.

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Bangladesh Patent and Trademark Office

English: Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Ministry of Industries, abbreviation: DPDT

Website: Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT)

• Grant fee: The applicant needs to pay the granted fee within 2 months from the date of issuance of the granted notice. If it is overdue, it can resume after paying the recovery fee within a grace period of 4 months.
• annual fee:
  • via Paris Convention : the annual fee shall be paid year by year from the third year from the filing date, and the applicant shall pay all the annual fees calculated from the third year from the filing date after granted, and shall pay on the last day of the month in which the filing date is located.
  • PCT entry into the Swedish national phase: payable annually from the international filing date. The due date of the annual fee for the first three years is the last day of the month of the second anniversary of the international filing date, and it shall be paid at the same time when entering the national phase; if the time of entering the national phase is before the above deadline, it shall be paid within 2 months after entering the national phase pay. Subsequent annual fees shall be paid by the last day of the month in which the international filing date falls each year. The annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months after the due date at the latest, subject to an additional 20% late fee.