Which is the competent authority for utility model applications in Italy?

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• Ways to take effect in the EU: 3 months from the date of grant of the European patent.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.

UIBM only conducts formality examination of design patent applications, and does not examine novelty and uniqueness.

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• EU appearance route: 6 months from the earliest priority date.
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.

yes. UIBM may require the applicant to change the patent type from invention to utility model.

no

yes

12 months before the filing date/priority date.

Italian Patent and Trademark Office

English: Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office, abbreviation: UIBM

Website: www.uibm.gov.it

yes

yes