PATENT/UTILITY MODEL
- IP SYSTEM & PROCEDURE
- PATENT/UTILITY MODEL
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Patent/Utility Model
Requirements for acquiring a patent/utility model right1. Industrial Applicability : An invention must be usable in industry.
2. Novelty : It must not be known to the public (prior art) before an application is filed.
3. Inventive step : It must not be easily made from prior art, even though it differs from prior art.
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Effect and term of patent/utility model rights
A patent/utility model right begins on the registration date of the grant of the patent/utility model right; The term of a patent right is 20 years from the filing date of the patent application; and The term of a utility model registration is 10 years from the filing date of the utility model application.
The effect of the rights is subject to the principle of territoriality; that is, it is valid only in the country where the right is obtained. -
Procedural Flow for Granting Patent and Utility Model
