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[...]
Patent Examination Procedure in Vietnam
Applicants should be aware of the examination process a patent going through the National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam (NOIP). This process is begun with the filing of a patent application with NOIP and completed by granting a patent.
(1) Filing the application
In order to obtain the patent...
Use of an invention
Manufacturing the protected product[...]
PROCEDURES RELATED TO PATENTS IN VIETNAM
1. General provisions on maintenance of validity of protection titles
Invention patents shall each have a validity starting from the grant date and expiring at the end of 20 years after the filing date/ the international filing date.Invention patent’s validity should be maintained annually.
Utility solution patents shall have a validity...
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 – Filing new utility solution
In order to file an utility solution application in Vietnam, client is required to provide with us the following document:
Protection of Utility Model in Laos
If your company would like to protect utility model in Laos, SBLAW would like to provide you some information about the legal procedure of filing utility model in Laos as follows:
Conditions for inventions eligible for protection
An invention shall be protected by mode of grant of invention patent when it satisfies the following conditions[...]
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.
Conversion of Vietnam patent applications
Before the NOIP issues a notice of its refusal to grant a protection title or a decision on the grant of a protection title[...]
How to protect our patent in Vietnam?
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...
Guidance for filling patent in Vietnam
If client would like to file an patent in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to provide our guidance as follows:
Guideline for non-PCT Patent in Vietnam
Guideline for non-PCT Patent in Vietnam[...]
Competence and procedures for licensing of inventions under compulsory decisions
The Science and Technology Ministry shall issue decisions on licensing of inventions based on the consideration of requests for licensing in the cases below after consulting opinions of the Science and Technology Ministry[...]
Filling an utility solution application in Vietnam
In order to file an utility solution application in Vietnam, the following documents/information should be provided[...]















