WIPO-administered Treaties:
Contracting Party of the Hague System: NO.
Applicable Law:
Decree Law 290 and Decree 342 on Inventions and Designs
Grace period for filing applications, from disclosure:
NO.
Multiple design applications -one application for different embodiments-available:
YES.
Formal filing requirements:
Power of Attorney. Merely signed. 60 days from Office Action.
Drawings. At least one of the views must be presented in perspective. Each industrial drawing or model represented is identified with an Arabic number. The different views of the same drawing or industrial model are identified with the same number followed by a decimal number, as appropriate.
If drawings are presented, they can be originals or quality copies, made with precise and regular lines, accepting the presence of shadows to highlight the reliefs. The following requirements also apply to the representations:
a) Be executed in well-defined and durable lines and strokes. The figures and letters used must be clear, precise and not placed between punctuation marks or parentheses;
b) not contain any inscriptions or clarifications;
c) show the cross-sections by means of inclined lines without interfering with the understanding of the cross-section as a whole;
d) allow clear presentation and legibility of details by choosing the appropriate scale, which is included when a better perspective of the dimensions of the objects presented is required;
e) each element of any figure is represented on the same scale, except in cases where a different proportion allows for greater clarity;
f) several figures may be included on one sheet;
g) if the figures arranged on two (2) or more sheets constitute a single drawing, they are conceived in such a way that said drawing can be recomposed without omission of the parts that comprise it.
Brief description of each of the drawings.
Assignment document. Merely signed. 60 days from Office Action.
Locarno classification:
YES.
Deferred publication:
YES, 12 months.
Registration Proceeding Outline:
Filing. Formal examination. Publication. Oppositions. Substantive examination. Decision. Appeal. Definitive decision. Registration Certificate. Grant publication.
Opposition:
YES, before granting, within a 60 days term from the publication. Cancellation action after granting also possible.
Average time from filing to grant:
1-2 years approximately.
Term of Protection and Maintenance:
10 years, with annuity payment from 3rd year (1st and 2nd included in filing fees).
