Question: We would like to know the procedure for protecting the patent in Vietnam, please advise?
Answer: Regarding your enquiries concerning the subject matter, we would like to advise you procedure in relation to the patent registration proceeding in Vietnam as follows:
1.PATENT/UTILITY SOLUTION REGISTRATION
Protection criteria:
A patent shall be eligible for protection in the form of a Patent for Invention/Utility Solution when it satisfies these following conditions:
2.Validity of Patent for Invention/Utility Solution:
Patent for Invention shall have a validity starting from the granting date and expiring at the end of 20 years counting from the filing date.
Patent for Utility Solution shall have a validity starting from the granting date and expiring at the end of 10 years counting from the filing date.
3.Procedure and timeline:
A patent application will be examined through the following process:
– Publishing the Patent in IP Gazette
Kindly note that the term for registration process normally takes longer to several months in practice due to the workload of the NOIP and the slow examination process by the NOIP’s examiner.
4.Required documents and information:
For us to filing a patent application, the following documents/information should be provided:
– Name and address of:
– Applicant;
– Author(s) of invention/utility solution;
– A soft copy in word format of the English specification of the application for translation into Vietnamese is requested to provide via email at the time of instruction.
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