ROSPATENT conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the design patent application. The applicant should submit the examination request and pay the corresponding fees together with the new application, and try not to submit color renderings.
The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed every 5 years, up to a maximum of 25 years.
The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.
yes. The applicant can request to change the patent type from utility model to invention before the patent is granted.
Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care".
no
The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.
- Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee, registration fee and first annual fee within 4 months after receiving the granted decision.
- Annuity: pay year by year starting from the first year from the application date, the annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months if the annual fee is overdue, and a 50% penalty must be paid at the same time.
no
no
- via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
- via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.