Patent Application Encyclopedia

Romanian Patent and Trademark Office

English: State Office for Inventions and Trademarks, abbreviation: OSIM

Website: OSIM, EUIPO, WIPO registration, verification, terms and costs (inregistrare-marci.ro)

Romanian Utility Model Patent Search: ro.espacenet.com

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.

2 years

yes

no

6 months before the filing date/priority date.

2 years

Austrian Patent Office

English: Austrian Patent Office, abbreviation: ATPO

Website: Home | Das Österreichische Patentamt

Austrian Utility Model Patent Search: National Patents Search (patentamt.at)

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.

no

20 years. Patented medicines and plant protection new varieties can obtain an additional 5-year renewal period, and children's medicines can obtain an additional half-year patent protection period.

• Grant fee: should be paid within 3 months after receiving the granted notice
• Annuity: From the 5th year from the filing date, the annual fee should be paid before the filing date of each year. If the annual fee is overdue, the payment can be postponed to a grace period of 6 months, but a penalty of AUD 100.00 is required every month

yes

Reinstatement of Priority Accepted on Unintentional Grounds.

Designs with a filing date after March 10, 2022, where the first disclosure occurs after that date due to:

• Inadvertently making a design public
• Didn't know the design needed to apply for protection before it was disclosed

A design patent application can enjoy a novelty grace period of 12 months.

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.

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