Patent Application Encyclopedia

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IPObel conducts only formality examination of invention patent applications. The applicant needs to submit a search request within 13 months from the date of the latest application. The search report will be issued by the EPO with a written opinion on patentability, but it is not binding. The patent application is completed within 18 months from the earliest priority date Authorization can be obtained after publication.

The application does not lose novelty if it is disclosed within 12 months from the filing date/priority date by the applicant, inventor, agent, or a third party or state agency that has obtained information from the above-mentioned persons.

25 years

yes. Multiple designs may be included in one design application.

The UKIPO conducts formal and substantive examinations of patent applications for inventions. The applicant should submit an official search request and pay the corresponding fees at the same time as filing the application, or within 12 months from the priority date, and submit a substantive examination request within 6 months after the patent is published.

Trademarks, Patents and Designs Commercial Law Section, Nigerian Ministry of Trade and Investment

English: Patents and Designs Registry Commercial Law Department Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, abbreviation: IPONIGERIA

Website: MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY TRADE AND INVESTMENTS COMMERCIAL LAW DEPARTMENT TRADEMARKS,PATENTS AND DESIGNS REGISTRYe (iponigeria.com)

The novelty grace period in Hungary is 6 months before the filing date if disclosure occurs:

- due to abuse of the rights of the applicant or his predecessors;
- because the applicant or the predecessor of the right holder has exhibited the invention at an exhibition duly recognized by the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office.

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INPI only conducts formality examination of design patent applications.

20 years, and the protection of pesticide or pharmaceutical patents can be extended to 25 years.

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Kuwait Ministry of Industry and Commerce Trademark and Patent Office

English: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Trademarks and Patent Department, abbreviation: KPO

URL: MOCI

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

It is protected for 10 years from the date of application, and can be renewed for 3 times, each time for 5 years, with a maximum protection of 25 years.