Patent Application Encyclopedia

6 months before the filing date/priority date.

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

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

• 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.

yes

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

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• EU route: 6 months from earliest priority date.
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.

Italian Patent and Trademark Office

English: Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office, abbreviation: UIBM

Website: www.uibm.gov.it

10 years

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.

The design does not lose its novelty if it is disclosed by the designer in Japan within 12 months from the filing date/priority date.

no

no. (Utility models submitted before January 11, 2020 can be converted into inventions, provided that the technical preparations for publication are completed (approximately 16 months from the filing date). Search fees and search reports must be submitted at the same time.)

ICPR conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patents. Once the application for an invention patent is submitted, if the application documents are complete, ICPR will issue a notice of formal and legal review to formally accept the application. After passing the formality examination, ICPR will issue a payment notice for substantive examination within 90 days. According to the agreement between ICPR and the Korean Patent Office, the Korean Patent Office will conduct substantive examination of the application submitted through the UAE Patent Office.

Taiwan is not a signatory to the Paris Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty. After Taiwan's accession to the WTO, the issue of priority protection for international applications was resolved. Priority may be claimed within 12 months from the priority date if the foreign application was filed in a WTO member state. If the foreign applicant is not a citizen of a WTO member state, but has an office or residence in a WTO member state, he can also claim priority in Taiwan. After the patent application is submitted, TIPO conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the patent application. The formality examination does not conform to the prescribed procedures and there is nothing that should not be disclosed, and it will be published 18 months after the filing date. Within 3 years after the date of application for a patent for invention, anyone can apply for substantive examination and enter the stage of substantive examination. After the invention patent application has passed the substantive examination, the patent granted can be obtained.

25 years

no

If within 12 months before the filing date/priority date, the essence or details of the invention are maliciously disclosed, or exhibited by the inventor in an international or official exhibition, the invention does not lose its novelty.

no