Patent Application Encyclopedia

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

The Venezuelan Ministry of Internal Trade and its Subordinate Intellectual Property Autonomous Service

English: Servicio Autónomo de Propiedad Intelectual, Abbreviation: SAPI

URL: www.sapi.gob.ve

Venezuelan Invention Patent Search: WEBPI - Sistema En Línea de Propiedad Intelectual Caracas - Venezuela (sapi.gob.ve)

IPOM conducts formality examination of utility model patent applications, and only requires novelty and practicality for utility model patent applications.

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• EU route: 6 months from earliest priority date.
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.

10 years

3-4 years

2-4 years

• via Paris Convention : 6 months from earliest priority date.
• EU appearance route: 6 months from the earliest priority date.
• Hague Agreement route: 6 months from earliest priority date.

• Grant fee: Pay the granted fee within 60 days after granted.
• Annuity: The starting date of the annual fee is the granted date, and the first annual fee is the annual fee for the first to fifth years.

• via Paris Convention : 12 months from earliest priority date.
• Validation of European Patent in EPO member states: 3 months from the date of European patent grant.

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The novelty of the invention shall not be affected if the invention is disclosed directly or indirectly due to the following reasons within 6 months before the filing of the application:

• Practical testing and construction of machinery and instruments that the applicant needs to carry out in preparation for the invention
• The applicant or inventor exhibits at an officially held or recognized exhibition
• Malicious disclosure by third parties

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

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Yes (reason: due care), a request for restoration of rights can be filed within 2 months from the date of removal of the obstacle

Netherlands Ministry of Commerce

English: Netherlands Patent Office, Abbreviation: RVO

Website: www.rvo.nl/octrooien

Dutch invention patent search: Zoeken in octrooien (rvo.nl)

A 12-month novelty grace period applies if the inventor or his successor has communicated in any form, put the design into practice or made it public at national and international exhibitions.

Multiple designs are allowed in one design application only if the designs belong to the same set (usually used or sold at the same time).

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