A patent is a title of protection certifying the authorship of any utility model or invention, as well as giving the exclusive right to use the owner of the patented invention or utility model. A patent in Ukraine is issued by the State Department of Intellectual Property, and the application is filed at the Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property, which is its subdivision.
Necessary
- - full surname, name and patronymic of the applicant
- - the address of the applicant according to the standards of the World Intellectual Property Organization
- - Description of the invention, including drawing and abstract
- - Translation of the description into Ukrainian
- - a document confirming the payment of the application fee.
Instructions
Step 1
In order to simplify the procedure for obtaining a patent, seek the assistance of a patent attorney. To do this, fill out and submit an application to a patent attorney, indicating all the necessary details and a description of the patented subject (description of the invention, including a drawing and an abstract, translation of the description into Ukrainian, your full data, a document confirming the payment of the application fee).
Fill out the application on a special form of the State Enterprise "Ukrpatent". After the regional registration of the application, submit to the patent attorney the estimate, the contract and other available materials confirming the patentability of the technical solution. Pay the patent attorney in advance, if it is stipulated by the contract.
Step 2
Please note that further all patent registration procedures take place through a patent attorney. Wait for the decision of the examination of the patent office. File an appeal against the decision of the examination, if you disagree with it.
Step 3
After the state registration of the patent by Ukrapatent, information about the patented subject is published in the Bulletin "Industrial Property". Get a 20-year Ukrainian patent from your patent attorney. After this period, you must go through the procedures of re-registration and reconciliation and obtain a patent again. Depending on which object is subject to patenting, the term of the patent can be up to 25 years.
