Turkish Patent and Trademark Office
English: Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, abbreviation: TURKPATENT
Website: TÜRKPATENT (turkpatent.gov.tr)
Turkish Utility Model Patent Search: Patent Araştırma (turkpatent.gov.tr)
Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" accepted.
yes. After the applicant pays the corresponding fee, he can apply to change the patent type from invention to utility model.
10 years
10-12 months
yes. After the applicant pays the corresponding fee, he can apply to change the patent type from invention to utility model.
Filing Language: Turkish
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)
- Certified Priority Document
- 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
- Proof of payment of application fee
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entry into the Turkish national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Proof of payment of application fee
TURKPATENT only conducts a formality examination of the design patent application, and it can be authorized if it meets the novelty.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
yes
- 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: 3 months from the date of European patent grant.