Filing patent application claiming priority of Japanese patent application under the Paris Convention

Filing patent application claiming priority of Japanese patent application under the Paris Convention

SB Law would like to provide some information about filling patent application claiming priority of Japanese patent application under the Paris Convention as follows: 1.  Timeframe for examination of a patent application. A patent application will be examined through the following process: i) Formality examination: The Patent application undergoes one-month formality examination counted from the filing […]

Fee of filing National Phase entry Vietnam patent application.

Fee of filing National Phase entry Vietnam patent application.

Fee of patent filing in Vietnam nearly depends on translation fee, number of independent claims, and length of Vietnamese specification. When clients would like to file national phase entry Vietnam patent application, they will be charged with following fee: 1. Filing patent application - Additional fee for pages from 6th one - Additional fee for each […]

Vietnam Patent Protection

Vietnam Patent

SBLAW would like to provide the client the legal procedure for registering patent in Vietnam as follows: 1. Criteria for protection of vietnam patent: -    Novelty -    Inventive step -    Industrial applicability 2. Time Frame of patent application in Vietnam A patent application in Vietnam shall be passed through three stages: Time Frame Content of […]

Required documents of patent application

The application for a patent must consist of the following documents: a)  A request made in prescribed form (as prescribed in the Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN); b)  Documents, samples, information identifying the invention/utility solution claimed for protection as provided for in Articles 102 of the IP Law 2005 of Viet Nam (e.g. a request, a description […]