Patent Application Encyclopedia

8 months

Yes (reason: due care), a request for restoration of rights can be filed within 2 months from the date of removal of the obstacle

In Australia, the acquisition of patent application for design is divided into two parts: registration and certification. Both of these are required to legally exercise design rights. After IP Australia's 8-week preliminary review of the design, the design patent will obtain a patent certificate. If you want to exercise the design patent right, you must go through 13 weeks of IP Australia's review and reply, and you will be certified after passing.

3-5 years

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

yes

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.

The initial protection period is 5 years, which can be renewed 4 times, and the maximum protection period is 25 years.

• Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
• Annuity: Renewal fee is paid every 5 years. Overdue annual fee can be postponed at the latest within a grace period of 6 months after the due date, and a 20% penalty must be paid at the same time.

16-18 months

yes. The applicant may request to change the patent type from utility model to invention before the utility model patent application is granted.

yes. If the designs are interrelated, a maximum of 20 designs may be included in one design application.

no

no

yes. Designs in the same category, or belonging to the same set or combination of articles, may contain several designs in one design (this condition does not apply when the product containing or attached to the design is an ornament).

12 months

KIPO conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. Only after the application documents meet the conditions of formality examination, KIPO will assign the patent to the application number. Publication is completed within 18 months from the filing date/priority date. The applicant/interested party shall submit a substantive examination request no later than 5 years from the filing date. Once an examination request is made, it cannot be withdrawn, and KIPO conducts examination in the order in which the examination requests are filed. Patent applications that meet the grant conditions will be granted.

MOIC only conducts formality examination on designs.

Bangladesh Patent and Trademark Office

English: Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks Ministry of Industries, abbreviation: DPDT

Website: Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (DPDT)

3 years