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.
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)
not applicable. Designs disclosed to the public prior to filing are not eligible for application.
Filing Language: Thai
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
- 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
Business license for company registration or articles of incorporation
*Thailand patent application documents need to be notarized
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
- ISR/IPRP
- Entering the Thai national phase 19/28/34/41 amended
- Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
- Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
- Business license for company registration or articles of incorporation
*Thailand patent application documents need to be notarized
5-8 years
20 years
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.
The initial period of protection is 6 years, which can be renewed twice, up to a maximum of 10 years.
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.
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
no