Patent Application Encyclopedia

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

Reinstatement of priority with "due care" and "unintentional/due care" is accepted and a priority recovery fee of SGD 290.00 is required.

no

It is protected for 5 years from the date of application, renewed every 5 years, and can be renewed twice, up to a maximum of 15 years.

IPVN conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patents. IPVN completes the formality examination within 1 month from the filing date. For the invention patent application through the via Paris Convention , the patent disclosure will be completed 19 months from the filing date/priority date. If the PCT enters the Vietnamese country, the invention patent will be filed in the country. Patent publication within 2 months after the application enters the Vietnamese national phase. A patent applicant/anyone needs to file a substantive request no later than 42 months from the filing date. The application is published within 2 months after the notification of approval and enters the opposition period. The opposition period starts from the publication date and ends on the granted date. Anyone can raise an opposition to the published patent within the opposition period.

yes. Prior to patent grant/rejection, the patent type can be converted from utility model to invention at the request of the applicant. Can only be converted once.

In Hungary, the following disclosures provide for a novelty grace period of 12 months:
- Disclosures resulting from abuse related to the applicant or his legal predecessors;
- the disclosure was made by the applicant, his predecessor or a third party (if the information was provided by the applicant or his predecessor).

Furthermore, if the design is disclosed to a third party under conditions of confidentiality, the disclosure will be disregarded.

Initial protection for 5 years. It can be renewed 4 times, each time for 5 years, with a maximum protection of 25 years. If the design is part of a complex product and is used to restore the integrity of the product, it is valid for a maximum of 15 years from the filing date.

no

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

yes. Before the applicant has received a final decision, an application to change the type of invention from a utility model to an invention may be proposed.

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

via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

4 months

IGE/IPI conducts formal and substantive examinations of invention patent applications. The applicant does not need to file a separate request for substantive examination. Before commencing the substantive examination, IGE/IPI will send an examination bill, which will indicate the deadline for payment of the prescribed fees. Patents granted in Switzerland are automatically protected in Liechtenstein.

As a PCT filing office, it accepts the restoration of the right of priority on the grounds of "unintentional".

12-14 months