Amendment and supplementation of Vietnam patent applications
Before the NOIP issues a notice on its rejection of an application, a notice on its refusal to grant a protection title or a decision on the grant of a protection title[...]
Q&A: File a patent application at Vietnam through PCT route
Q: We are a Japan company who intend to file a patent application at Vietnam, through PCT route claiming priority of our national patent application filed at the Japan patent office on December 21, 2012.
A: Thank you for your letter. As your requirement, we would like to advise you on fee...
Notification of the Substantive Examination Results of patent application
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:
Request for the Substantive Examination of patent application
An substantive examination of the application will be carried out only for which the applicant or a third party has filed a request for examination and paid the examination fees within 42 months as of the filing date or the priority date, as applicable, and the time limit for making request for substantive examination of an patent application involving a request for a utility solution patent shall be 36 months counting from the filing date or the priority date, as applicable.
Issuing the Patent Certificate in Vietnam
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[...]
Compulsory licensing of inventions
In the following cases, the right to use an invention may be licensed to another organization or individual under a decision of the competent state agency without permission from the holder of exclusive right to use such invention[...]
Refuse to accept the valid patent application
The refuse to accept the valid patent application is regulated as follows[...]
PCT Regime in Vietnam
S&B Law would like to provide you guideline for PCT Regime in Vietnam as follows[...]
Registration procedure for patent in Vietnam.
1. Minimum documents
- 02 Declaration for registration which are typed according to form No. 01-SC Appendix A of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN;
- 02 descriptions of the invention or utility solution; ;
+ 02 invention protection coverage (hereinafter referred to as the protection coverage or protection claim);
- Fee and charge receipts.
2. Other...
Vietnam National Phase of PCT application
SBLaw would like to provide inventor Vietnam National Phase of PCT application as follows:
Invention and base for the emergence and establish of invention
An invention means a technical solution in form of a product or a process which is intended to solve a problem by application of laws of nature[...]
China National Intellectual Property Administration Amended GUIDELINES FOR PATENT EXAMINATION (2025)
Recently, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has issued a decision on amending the GUIDELINES FOR PATENT EXAMINATION (Order No. 84 of the CNIPA). The newly amended GUIDELINES FOR PATENT EXAMINATION will take effect on January 1, 2026. The amendments focus on improving patent examination standards and optimizing examination rules for new fields...
Registration of Patent in Laos
SBLAW - IP internatioanl agent would like to give you some information about legal procedure of registration of patent in Laos as follows:
Patent registration through PCT in Vietnam
The agency competent to receive international patent applications in Vietnam is the NOIP. The NOIP shall[...]
The Substantive Examination of patent application
The purpose of substantive examination of patent applications is to assess the patentability of objects claimed in the application under the requirements and corresponding protection scope[...]


















