- Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee, announcement fee and the first annual fee (that is, the annual fee for the first to third years) within 3 months after receiving the notification of the granted decision.
- Annuity: Pay year by year in the first year from the date of application. Overdue annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months. At the same time, 30% of the year's annual fee will be paid as a late fee.
There is a 6-month novelty grace period in Poland if the disclosure is caused by a third party in bad faith. Previously, there was no novelty grace period for patent applications in Polish IP legislation.
10 years
yes
Filing Language: Polish
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)
- Power of Attorney
- Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
- 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
- Patent application fee payment certificate
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entry into the Polish national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Power of Attorney
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Patent application fee payment certificate
Polish Intellectual Property Office
English: Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, abbreviation: PPO
Website: uprp.gov.pl
Polish invention patent search: Wyszukiwarka prosta (uprp.gov.pl)
- Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee, announcement fee and the first annual fee (that is, the annual fee for the first to third years) within 3 months after receiving the notification of the granted decision.
- Annuity: Pay year by year in the first year from the date of application. Overdue annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months. At the same time, 30% of the year's annual fee will be paid as a late fee.
The PPO only conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications, only examines novelty and industrial applicability, and does not examine inventive step.
If disclosed by the author or his successor, the novelty grace period shall be enjoyed within 12 months after the first disclosure.
- 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.
Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."