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20 years
UKRPATENT only conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications.
12-18 months
10 years
- via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
- Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.
If the designer or a third party who directly or indirectly obtains relevant information from the designer discloses the design within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the design will not lose its novelty.
- yes. The same category may include multiple designs in one design.
yes. The applicant may request to change the patent type from invention to utility model before the invention patent application is granted.
UKRPATENT only conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications. The objects protected by utility models are the same as those protected by invention patents (i.e. products, processes, new uses of known products and processes).
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