Notification of substantive examination results in Vietnam

On the date of expiration of the time limit for substantive examination of an application at the latest, the NOIP shall send to the applicant one of the following notices:

*       a notice on its intended refusal to grant a GI registration, clearly stating the reason(s) for refusal and setting a time limit of two (2) months from the date of issuance of the notice for the applicant to give opinions and satisfy the requirements (the applicant may request prolongation of the above time limit), if the object claimed in the application fails to satisfy the protection conditions;

*       a notice on its intended refusal to grant a GI registration, clearly pointing out errors and setting a time limit of two (2) months from the date of issuance of the notice for the applicant to justify or correct errors  (the applicant may request prolongation of the above time limit), if the object claimed in the application satisfy the protection conditions but the application still contains errors;

*        a notice on its intended grant of a GI registration and request the applicant to pay the fee as referred to in the Item (9), if the object claimed in the application satisfy the protection conditions or the applicant satisfactorily corrects errors or makes reasonable justifications within the time limit above.