Patent Application Encyclopedia

Russian Federal Office for Intellectual Property

English: Federal Service for Intellectual Property, ROSPATENT

Website: rospatent.gov.ru

Russian utility patent search: Home (fips.ru)

• Authorization Fee: None
• Annuity: Pay yearly from the first year from the application date, and the first annual fee should be paid after granted, and the subsequent annual fee can be paid once every 3 years.

Bahrain Industrial Property Council

English: Ministry of Industry and Commerce, abbreviation: MOIC

Website: Home (moic.gov.bh)

Bahrain Utility Model Patent Search: WIPO - Search International and National Patent Collections

A 12-month novelty grace period is available if the invention is disclosed by the applicant or its agent in any form of communication within one year of the filing date or priority date, or exhibited at a national/international exhibition. Appropriate evidence must be submitted at the time of application.

TURKPATENT conducts formality examination and substantive examination of the invention patent application. The applicant needs to submit an existing technology search request within 12 months from the application date, and then submit a substantive examination request within 3 months after receiving the search report. It has PCT international The search report does not need to go through the prior art search, and the search request should not be later than 15 months from the filing date/priority date. The search report will indicate the documents to be considered in determining whether the invention to which the application relates is novel and involves an inventive step. If the patent application has been published at this time, the search report will be published separately; if the patent application has not been published, the search report will be published together with the patent application. If Turkpatent believes that the patent application does not comply with Turkish law, it will notify the applicant to submit a defense opinion or amend the application documents within 3 months from the date of its notification. However, amendments cannot go beyond the scope of the application. This kind of notification-response or modification process can be repeated, but no more than 3 times.

Costa Rican Intellectual Property Registry

English: Registry of Intellectual Property, abbreviation: RIP

Website: www.rnpdigital.com

• Grant fee: The applicant shall pay the granted announcement fee within 2 months after receiving the official notification.
• Annuity: The annual fee will be paid year by year starting from the third year (including the first-third year annual fee). Overdue annual fee can be paid within a grace period of 6 months, and a 20% late fee will be paid at the same time.

• 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.

Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand

English: Department of Intellectual Property, abbreviation: DIP

Website: Home (ipthailand.go.th)

Thailand Invention Patent Search: DIP (ipthailand.go.th)

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

IPOM conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications, and only requires novelty and practicality for utility model patent applications.

The initial protection is 10 years, and after the expiration, it can be renewed 4 times, each time for 5 years, and the maximum protection can be 25 years.

UKRPATENT conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. The applicant needs to submit a request for substantive examination and pay the official fee within 3 years from the filing date.

PRV conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. The formality examination lasts for about 4 months, and the substantive examination does not need to be submitted by the applicant to start, and the examination is carried out automatically. After the actual examination is over, the applicant will receive the final granted notice.

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