Patent Application Encyclopedia

10 years

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

IPONIGERIA only conducts formality examination and unity of invention examination for invention patent applications.

20 years, inventions of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and pesticides can enjoy a maximum patent term extension of 5 years.

If the disclosure is caused by the inventor or the information source of the discloser is the inventor; or if the disclosure occurs again after being disclosed by the above-mentioned subject, the patent enjoys a novelty grace period within 12 months before the filing date/priority date.

10 years

20 years

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

Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property

English: National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property, abbreviation: INDECOPI

Website: www.indecopi.gob.pe

Peruvian Utility Model Patent Search: Espacenet - Página inicial

yes. Multiple designs may be included in one French design application, provided that the designs belong to the same class in the International Classification of Designs.

IMPI conducts formal and substantive examinations of utility model patent applications. There are three ways to submit an application to INPI: online application, mailing and submitting a written application to INPI in person. No matter which way the application is filed, the application date of the patent is the time when the patent applicant sends the complete patent application text to INPI. IMPI accepts only one independent claim in a utility model application. Applicants are required to pay the substantive examination fee within 3 months from the date of application. The time limit for responding to the Office Action Notice is 3 months from the date of issue, and can be extended 3 times (one month each time). The requirements for utility models are relatively loose, and they need to be novel and practical, but not inventive.

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

yes. Multiple designs are allowed in one design application, but no more than 50 designs.

Design pictures can contain up to 12 pictures. UKIPO only conducts a 2-week formal review of design patent applications. If there are any defects, the applicant must reply to UKIPO's review comments within 2 months. Design applications can be patented after overcoming the defects.

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)

via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.

no

no

20 years, and the protection can be extended to 25 years for pesticides or medicines.