Patent Application Encyclopedia

no

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: Pay the renewal fee for the next 5-year protection period before the expiration of each 5-year protection period, that is, the 6th, 11th, 16th and 21st year annual fees.

yes

no

20 years

Reinstatement of priority on grounds of "due care" and "unintentional/due care" accepted.

Austrian Patent Office

English: Austrian Patent Office, abbreviation: ATPO

Website: Home | Das Österreichische Patentamt

Austrian patent search for inventions: National Patents Search (patentamt.at)

Accept priority restoration. Please consult ICPR for specific applicable standards and charges.

20 years, drug patents can apply for protection to 24 years.

• 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.

Reinstatement of priority is accepted on the grounds of "Unintentional".

yes. The applicant may request that the patent type be converted from invention to utility model before the patent is granted.

3-6 months

20 years, and the protection can be extended to 25 years for pesticides or medicines.

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

English: Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, abbreviation: HIPO

URL: http://www.hipo.gov.hu/en

Hungarian Patent Search: epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=EN

Reinstatement of priority is accepted on grounds of "due care."

For the design of partial substantive examination, multiple designs can be included in one design application, but the designs must belong to the same class in the international design classification.

20 years. Patented medicines and plant protection new varieties can obtain an additional 5-year renewal period, and children's medicines can obtain an additional half-year patent protection period.

Inventions under the via Paris Convention : 12 months from the earliest priority date.

20 years