Patent in vietnam

Mr. Pham Duy Khuong (Mr. Pham) is a founding partner of SBLAW. He has particular experience in the field of Intellectual Property for nearly ten years.

To file a patent in Vietnam, required documents of patent application are as follows

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...

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[...]

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[...]

In order to file an utility solution application in Vietnam, the following documents/information should be provided[...]

In order to file an utility solution application in Vietnam, applicant is required to provide with us the following document:

Manufacturing the protected product[...]

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...

A patent application filed with the NOIP shall be subject to formal examination for evaluating its validity.

Before the NOIP issues a notice of its refusal to grant a protection title or a decision on the grant of a protection title[...]

Patent examination procedure is regulated as follows:

SBLAW would like to introduct the procedure of filing utility model in Vietnam as follows: