Question: I want a patent registration through PCT in Vietnam. If you can, please advise me as following matters. 1) How long and how much does it cost to completion? 2)
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Guideline for non-PCT Patent in Vietnam[…]
Before the NOIP issues any of notices specified at Point 17.1.a of this Circular,an applicant may request the NOIP to record the transfer of his/her application to another person[…]
Before the NOIP issues a notice of its refusal to grant a protection title or a decision on the grant of a protection title[…]
The applicant may divide,on his/her own initiative or upon the request of the NOIP,his/her application (division and transfer of one or several technical solutions in an invention registration application,[…]
The agency competent to receive international patent applications in Vietnam is the NOIP. The NOIP shall[…]
If the patent is granted, the NOIP shall request the applicant to pay the fee for the grant of a patent, the fee for notification of the patent grant decision, the registration fee and the fee for maintenance of the first year’s validity of the patent[…]
Viet Nam adopts the first-to-file system, i.e. where two or more applications are filed by many different parties for registration of the same invention[…]
Patent examination procedure is regulated as follows:
