Should You Search and Evaluate Patent Eligibility Before Filing?

When embarking on the process of registering exclusive rights for a technical solution, the first question many businesses ask is: "Is it mandatory to search and evaluate patent eligibility before filing an application?" In terms of administrative procedure, the answer is NO. However, from the perspective of business strategy...

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[...]

Vietnam National Phase of PCT application

SBLaw would like to provide inventor Vietnam National Phase of PCT application as follows:

Subject matters are not protected as invention

Scientific discoveries or theories, mathematical methods[....]

PCT Regime in Vietnam

S&B Law would like to provide you guideline for PCT Regime in Vietnam as follows[...]

Maintenance of validity of patents

To have the validity of his/her invention protection title maintained, a protection title holder shall pay a validity maintenance fee within six months before the expiration of the validity term[...]

Division of Vietnam patent applications

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,[...]

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...

Conditions for inventions eligible for protection

An invention shall be protected by mode of grant of invention patent when it satisfies the following conditions[...]

Publication of the Vietnam Patent Application

IP Vietnam Law regulated the publication of Vietnam patent application as follows[...]

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[...]
Patent Examination Procedure in Vietnam

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...

Obligation to use inventions

wners of inventions are obliged to manufacture protected products or apply protected processes to satisfy the requirements of national defense, security, disease prevention and treatment and nutrition for the people or to meet other social urgent needs.