PATENT REGISTRATION FOR PROCESSES

There are two forms of invention: products and processes. Products comprises 2 forms: Products in the form of objects and Products in the form of substances.

Process or method (production process; diagnostic, predictive, test, process, etc.) is represented by a set of information that determines how to conduct a process, a specific job is characterized by signs (characteristics) of the sequence, participants, measures and means of performing operations to achieve a certain purpose.

Necessary documents for patent registration for processes:

- Applicant information

- Signed Power of Attorney

- Priority documents (if any)

- Patent Specification (including Abstract, Drawings, Claims):

+ Title of the invention or utility solution;

+ Use field of the invention or utility solution;

+ Technical state of the use field of the invention or utility solution;

+ Technical nature of the invention or utility solution;

+ Brief description of accompanied drawings (if any);

+ Detailed description of invention or utility solution realization variations;

+ Examples of invention or utility solution; realization;

+ Benefits (effects) expected to be achieved].

Time limit for processing invention or utility solution registration applications

From the date on which the registration application is received by the IPVN, the registration application of an invention or utility solution shall be examined in the following order:

- An invention or utility solution registration application shall have its formality examination within 01 month from the filing date.

- Publication of invention registration applications:

(i) An invention or utility solution registration application shall be published in the nineteenth month from the date of priority or the filing date in case the application has no date of priority or within 02 months after it is accepted as a valid application, whichever is later;

(ii) An invention or utility solution registration application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (hereinafter abbreviated to PCT) shall be published within 02 months from the date it is accepted as a valid application and enters the national phase;

(iii) An invention or utility solution registration application containing a request for earlier publication shall be published within 02 months from the date the IPVN receives that request or the date it is accepted as a valid application, whichever is later;

- An industrial property registration application shall be substantively examined within the following time limits:18 months from the date of its publication if a request for substantive examination is filed before the date of application publication, or from the date of receipt of a request for substantive examination if such request is filed after the date of application publication.

In actual, total time for processing an invention/utility solution application is about 30 – 36 months from the filing date.

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