Patent Application Encyclopedia

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: You can pay the annual fee for the 1st-5th year at the end of the second year of the validity period, and pay the 6th-10th annual fee at the end of the 6th year. If the annual fee is overdue, it can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a 20% late fee will be paid at the same time.

20 years

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

The initial protection is 5 years, which can be renewed every 5 years, up to a maximum of 25 years.

DIP only conducts formality examination for utility models, and the documents can be authorized if they meet the formality examination standards. If litigation or evaluation of the stability of utility model Claim is required, the applicant may submit a request for substantive examination within one year after the granted announcement.

8-10 years

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 30 months from the earliest priority date.
• Validation of European Patent in EPO member states: within 3 months from the date of grant of the European patent.

Appearance does not require a request for review. The Colombian Patent Office will not conduct a novelty examination unless a third party opposes the design application within 30 working days of its publication.

Chilean National Institute of Industrial Property

English: National Institute of Industrial Property, abbreviation: INAPI

URL: Home (inapi.cl)

Chilean Invention Patent Search: INAPI - Consulta de Patentes

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted registration fee within 2 months after receiving the notification of the granted decision, and pay the annual fee for the first to fifth years at the same time.
• Annuity: Subsequent payment of annual fee every 5 years, overdue payment can be made within the grace period after 6 months, but a penalty must be paid at the same time.

12-14 months

10 years

In India, if:

- the details of the patent are disclosed without the consent of the inventor or any person entitled to the details
- Disclosed in communications with the government regarding previous investigations into the invention or its merits
- Publication at industrial or other exhibitions sanctioned by the Central Government of India
- describe or use the invention in any such exhibition without the consent of the inventor or its proprietor
- a description of the invention in a press intended for or used by the Society
- the applicant, the applicant's successor, or an individual with the consent of the above-mentioned parties, disclosed in the public work when the reasonableness test is carried out

The patent enjoys a novelty grace period within 12 months from the filing date or the priority date.

If the disclosure is caused by the designer, the novelty grace period is 12 months from the date of disclosure.

20 years

The novelty grace period is 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

1 month

6 months from the earliest priority date