How long is the PCT deadline for utility model applications in Thailand?

5-8 years

Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand

English: Department of Intellectual Property, abbreviation: DIP

Website: Home (ipthailand.go.th)

Thailand Invention Patent Search: DIP (ipthailand.go.th)

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

If within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the essence or details of the invention are maliciously disclosed, or exhibited by the inventor in an international or official exhibition, the invention does not lose its novelty.

DIP only conducts formality examination for utility models, and the documents can be authorized if they meet the formality examination standards. If litigation or evaluation of the stability of utility model Claim is required, the applicant may submit a request for substantive examination within one year after the granted announcement.

• Grant fee: Authorization official fee should be paid within 2 months after receiving the granted notice.
• Annuity: should be paid after the patent is granted in Thailand. If the patent has been issued, the first annual fee should be paid within 60 days after the start of the fifth year of the patent validity period.

DIP conducts substantive examination of design patent applications, and only examines whether the conditions of novelty and industrial applicability are met.

20 years

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" accepted.