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HIGHLIGHTS
Legal Basis
Major
international
treaties signed
Costs of obtaining
a patent
Average time to
obtain a patent
Official language
for patent
prosecution
Non-patentable
subject matter
(TRIPS)
Major
prosecution
events
National Phase
Entry
: 30 months
Request for
Examination
Stage 1: Filing
Stage 2: Formality Examination
Stage 3: Substantive Examination
Stage 4: Grant
Stage 5: Renewal/ Annuity
Extension of
office action
deadlines
May be filed only once for a maximum of 9 months for examination events
Necessary
document for
filing
Pharmaceutical
Data Exclusivity
Laws
Not available
Search and
Examination
The Patent Office conducts its own search and examination but favours
search and examination reports issued in prescribed countries such as US,
UK, Australia, Japan and South Korea as well as the prescribed regional
European Patent Office
Opposition term
Not available
Term of patent
protection
20 years
Patent term
extension
Not available
Restoration of
lapsed patent
Parallel Imports
Available
Utility innovation (UI): UI does not require inventiveness and maximum of one
claim is allowed
ENFORCEMENT OF PATENTS
HIGHLIGHTS
Infringement offence
Available
Available
Not available
Declaration of non-infringement
Available
Preliminary injunctions
Available
Revocation - 1 to 2 years
Infringement proceeding - 2 to 3
years
Alternative dispute resolution
Mediation
Arbitration
Availability of damages and other relief for
infringement
Injunction
Loss of revenue
Account of profits
Civil remedies
Criminal Sanctions
Not available
OTHER INFORMATION
Statistics of Patent Application and Granted Patent from 2003 to 2013
Year
Application
Domestic
Foreign
2003
376
4686
2004
522
2005
Granted
Domestic
Foreign
Total
5062
31
1547
1578
1920
5442
24
2323
2347
522
5764
6286
37
2471
2508
2006
531
4269
4800
187
6562
6749
2007
670
1702
2372
338
6645
6983
2008
864
4539
5403
198
2044
2242
2009
1234
4503
5737
270
3198
3468
2010
1275
5189
6464
204
1973
2177
2011
1136
5423
6559
335
2057
2392
2012
1160
5867
7027
308
2193
2501
1269
6081
7350
305
2386
2691
2013
Total