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.
10 years
DIP conducts substantive examination of design patent applications, and only examines whether the conditions of novelty and industrial applicability are met.
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)
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)
The initial period of protection is 6 years, which can be renewed twice, up to a maximum of 10 years.
no
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
- 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.
yes. Patent applicants can change the patent type from invention to petty patent (utility model) before the patent application is granted. The converted patent application has the filing date of the original patent application.
no