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关于东南亚国家实审方式介绍(上) —— 新加坡本文由七星天整理。如需使用请与我公司联系获取授权,并注明出处。 七星天上次与大家分享了关于PCT申请落地东南亚国家的一些专利知识(海外各国干货集锦(四)——泰国、马来西亚和新加坡的海外落地申请知识)。另外,申请落地之后如何选择实审也极为重要;但因为这几个国家的实审方式种类多样,申请人在进行选择时会常常遇到一些困惑,不知该如何选择。针对大家的诸多疑问,这次我们再和大家分享一下东南亚国家新加坡、马来西亚和泰国实审方式的详细介绍,以便申请人了解得更加清楚一些,面临实审方式的选择时可以做出恰当的决定。 一、新加坡的四种实审方式 b.NP-2 基于同族检索结果提交新加坡实质审查的方式(Request for examination based on corresponding search) c.NP-3基于国外申请授权权要提交新加坡补充审查(Foreign route)[4] d.NP-4基于正面的可专利性国际初步报告结果提交新加坡补充审查的实审方式(Supplementary examination route based on positive IPRP)[5] 二、实审延期的规定 三、新加坡专利法新规
[1] Updated (NP) prosecution routes [2]新加坡提交实审,除世界知识产权案组织(WIPO)的国际检索报告(ISR)外,还可以参考八个法定外国专利局(AU、CA、JP、NZ、KR、UK、US和EP)的检索报告;中国的检索报告不适用,因为中国专利局不属于新加坡八个法定外国专利局。 [3] To file a Request for a Substantive Examination Report and a copy of theSearch Report (and its English translation, where applicable) received on anyone corresponding international or national application (please see belowparagraph on "Prescribed Corresponding Applications" ). If theEnglish translation of the Search Report is not available from the respectiveSearching Authority, a verified English translation of the Search Report willbe required. The Request for a Substantive Examination Report must also beaccompanied by a copy of each of the documents referred to in the Search Reportand, where any such documents are not in English, a list of references to thepatent family members corresponding to each of the non-English languagedocuments. In the event there is no English patent family member correspondingto a non-English language document, the Registrar has the power to request theapplicant to furnish a verified English translation of part of or the whole ofthe document. [4] Lodge Prescribed Documents for one of corresponding applications /corresponding PCT Application / Related National Phase Applications and Tableof Related Claims. Request supplementary examination. [5] Lodge International Preliminary Report on Patentability and Table ofRelated Claims. Request supplementary examination. [6] Annex SG.I, page 1 of PCT Applicant’s Guide-National Phase-NationalChapter-SG [7] The time lines involved which are calculated from the declared prioritydate or, where there is no priority claimed, the date of filing of theapplication (“the Base Date”). [8] The supplementary examination route will not be available for patentapplications filed on or after 1 January 20201. Patent applicationsfiled before 1 January 2020 may continue to use the supplementary examinationroute. Patent applications filed on or after 1 Jan 2020refers to: - National applications having a date of filingon or after 1 Jan 2020, - International applications entering nationalphase having a date of filing on or after 1 Jan 2020, and [9] - Divisional applications having an initiation date on or after 1 Jan2020.) |