SBLAW WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU OUR PROCEDURE OF FILING PATENT IN LAOS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Criteria for protection:
- Novelty
- Inventive step
- Industrial applicability
2. Required Information
a. Applicant: Name and address.
b. Inventor(s): Name, address and nationality
c. Specification of invention, utility solution
d. Claims and drawings.
e. Assignment document (if any).
f. Certified copy of priority document (if any)
g. Search results from the Patent Office (recommended).
3. Required documents
Power of Attorney
4. Member
- Paris Convention: Yes
- PCT: Yes
5. Procedure
- Patent Filing
- Preliminary Exam
- Patent Publication: 18 months from the priority date
- Formal Examination Request: Before 36 months from the filing date.
- 90 days to respond office action from the formal examination.
