Patent Application Encyclopedia

no

The application does not lose novelty if it is disclosed within 12 months from the filing date/priority date by the applicant, inventor, agent, or a third party or state agency that has obtained information from the above-mentioned persons.

20 years

2 years

If the design is disclosed by the designer or his representative within 12 months before the filing date, the design will not lose its novelty.

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee within 2 months after receiving the notification of 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.

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

yes. After the applicant pays the corresponding fee, he can apply to change the patent type from invention to utility model.

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

yes. Before the patent is granted/rejected, the patent type can be changed from invention to utility model at the request of the applicant. Can only be converted once.

no

2 years

ICPR conducts formality examination and substantive examination of utility model patent applications. A utility model must be novel, inventive and practical.

• Authorization Fee: There is no granted fee.
• Annuity: The applicant needs to renew twice in the 11th-15th year and the 16th-20th year by paying the renewal fee, and the payment node is the granted date of the year.

1-2 years

The novelty grace period is 6 months before the filing date/priority date.

10 years

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

3-4 years