Patent Application Encyclopedia

no

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

20 years

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

25 years

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: Renewal fee is paid every 5 years (within 12 months before the validity period expires). The annual fee can be deferred up to 6 months after the due date, subject to a late fee of 50.00 EUR.

10 years

no

1.5-2 years

none

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.

• via Nationalization of PCT : 31 months from earliest priority date.
• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

20 years (Bangladesh Patents Act 2022)

20 years

no

Bureau of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Economic Affairs

English: Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, ROC, abbreviation: TIPO

Website: www.tipo.gov.tw

Taiwan Patent Search: Republic of China Patent Information Search System (tipo.gov.tw)

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.

Novelty grace period applies if the invention is disclosed to the public within six months of the filing date or priority date.

• Licensing Fee: None.
• Annuity: The application fee includes the official fee for the first 5 years. The first renewal fee must be paid within 5 years from the filing date.