- North & South America
On August 10, 2022, the representative of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (DINAPI) of Paraguay signed the resolution to implement the second phase of the patent examination highway plan (PPH). This regional document was agreed upon and signed by the intellectual property offices of the member countries of the Forum for the Advancement and Development of Latin America (PROSUR/PROSUL), including Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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Patent type
1. Invention patent: 20 years from the date of application
2. Utility model patent: 10 years from the date of application
3. Design patent: 15 years from the date of application -
Application channels
1. Apply directly
2. The Paris Convention pathway -
Application Language
Spanish
After submitting applications for invention patents, utility model patents, and design patents, DINAPI initiates a preliminary investigation aimed at reviewing whether the submitted documents correspond to the application content, confirming that they meet the minimum requirements for continued examination. If there are any corrections, the applicant must respond to them within 60 days from the date of issuance of the correction;
After passing the preliminary examination, the Industrial Property Office shall make it public at the expiration of eighteen months from the date of filing the patent application or the date of filing the priority application. Applicants can also request to publicly submit their applications before the specified deadline. Every patent application is kept confidential until it is made public. This confidentiality also applies to requests that have been withdrawn or waived prior to publication. Once published, anyone can access the archives of the Industrial Property Office and obtain all or part of the copies of the stored biological material samples;
Invention patents, utility model patents, and design patent applications all require substantive examination. The applicant must request substantive examination within three years from the date of filing the application. If no substantive examination is required, the application will be deemed abandoned;
After the formal examination and substantive examination procedures, if the examiner considers that the authorization conditions are met, the Industrial Property Office shall issue a resolution to grant the patent right and issue a copy of the license certificate and patent documents to the patentee.
Step 2: Click on "Tasas de Patentes" to enter the patent fee query page. Scroll down the page, where "TASAS ANUALES" indicates the annual fee required for the corresponding year
