- via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
 - Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.
 
1-2 years
A 12-month novelty grace period applies if the inventor or his successor has communicated in any form, put the design into practice or made it public at national and international exhibitions.
3-5 years
15 years
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
 - via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
 
6-8 months
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
 - via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
 
20 years
Filing Language: Spanish
Necessary documents:
- Exterior Design Picture (Six Views)
 - A Brief Description
 
Attachments (if any):
- Certified Priority Document
 - Power of Attorney
 - Certified Priority Document
 - small entity declaration
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer
 
Filing Language: Spanish
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)
- Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
 - Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Spanish translation
 - Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Spanish translation
 - Scanned Copy of Certified Priority Document / DAS
 - Power of Attorney
 - small entity declaration
 - 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
 
Attachments (if any)
- WIPO Publication
 - ISR/IPRP
 - Entry into the Mexican national phase 19/28/34/41 Amendments
 - Sequence Listing (PDF format and TXT format)
 - Certificate of Deposit of Microorganisms and its Spanish translation
 - Certificate of Microbiological Survival and its Spanish translation
 - Power of Attorney
 - small entity declaration
 - Declaration of Ownership/Certification of Employment/Assignment of priority
 - Assignment for Patent Right Transfer