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(* denotes Convention country)
Country
Title
Chapter 11 Table Other countries' petty patent systems
Subject matter protected
Maximum term
(including renewals)
Novelty
Type of requirement examination
Provision for
compulsory licences
Philip- Utility pines
model
*
Any new model of implements or tools or of any industrial product which is of practical utility
15 years
Absolute published/ local use
Formality, novelty and inventiveness examinations, but the level of
Yes
Poland
*
Utility model
Portugal Utility
*
model
South Korea
Utility model
*
A new and useful solution of a technical nature affecting the shape, construction or assembly of an object.
Models of tools, utensils, kitchen utensils and other objects or parts thereof, designed for practical use and adding to the utility of the objects by a novel form etc.
Any new and useful device that can be used industrially and relates to the shape or construction of articles.
(* denotes Convention country)
inventiveness
required is less
10 years
Generally local
Formal only
Yes
Indefinite
Absolute
Formal, and a
Yes
check for
conflict with
prior registrations
15 years
Absolute publication/ local use
Formal, and novelty
Yes
examination