Patent Application Encyclopedia

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted fee within 6 months after receiving the patent granted decision, and pay the annual fee for the first to third years in one lump sum.
• Annuity: The annual fee after granted should be paid within 6 months before the start of the next valid period. Overdue payment can be made within a grace period of 6 months, but a 100% penalty must be paid at the same time.

no

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.

no

Italian Patent and Trademark Office

English: Italian Patent and Trade Mark Office, abbreviation: UIBM

Website: www.uibm.gov.it

A request for substantive examination of a Colombian PCT application must be filed within six months of publication of the application. Applications can be accelerated through the Patent Prosecution Highway.

If the invention is disclosed intentionally or unintentionally by the applicant, or the disclosure is made with or without the consent of the applicant, a 12-month novelty grace period may be enjoyed.

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.

• Grant fee: The applicant should pay the granted registration fee within 2 months after receiving the notification of the granted decision, and pay the annual fee for the first to fifth years at the same time.
• Annuity: Subsequent payment of annual fee every 5 years, overdue payment can be made within the grace period after 6 months, but a penalty must be paid at the same time.

no

no

no

10 years

2-3 years

6 months before the filing date/priority date.

yes

The novelty grace period can be enjoyed within 12 months from the filing date/priority date in the following cases:

• Disclosures made by, or with the permission of, the applicant

• If the disclosure occurs in an officially held or recognized international exhibition

  Applicants should submit disclosure details when filing a patent application with MOIC.

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