- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" accepted.
no
no
- Authorization Fee: None
- Annuity: The applicant should pay the first annual fee at the beginning of the 5th year from the application date. If it is authorized at the beginning of the 5th year, it must be paid within 60 days from the date of granted. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within 120 days of the overdue period. The annual fee can be paid for multiple years at one time.
not applicable. Designs disclosed to the public prior to filing are not eligible for application.
10 years
no
DIP conducts substantive examination of design patent applications, and only examines whether the conditions of novelty and industrial applicability are met.
via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
yes. A patent applicant can convert the patent type from a petty patent (utility model) to an invention before the patent application is granted. The converted patent application has the filing date of the original patent application.