Patent Application Encyclopedia

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

15 years

DGIP conducts formality examination and substantive examination of invention patent applications. The applicant should submit a request for substantive examination within 36 months from the filing date/priority date.

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via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.

3-5 years

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee and announcement fee within 90 days after receiving the official payment notice.
• Annuity: The annual fee starts to be paid year by year from the second year from the application date. It needs to be paid between January 1 and March 31 each year. If it is overdue, it can be paid within the 3-month overdue period, and it will be doubled at the same time. cost of.

A 12-month novelty grace period is available if the design is disclosed by the applicant or the applicant's agent.

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1 month

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

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the annual fee for the first to third year within 3 months after receiving the notification of granted decision
• Annuity: Begin to pay year by year from the 4th year, overdue payment can be made within the 6-month grace period after the due date, but a penalty shall be paid, and the amount of the penalty shall not exceed twice the granted fee.

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

20 years

Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute

English: Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (UKRPATENT)

Website: Ukrpatent

Ukrainian invention patent search: Specialized DB "Inventions (Utility Models) in Ukraine" (uipv.org)

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