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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