Filing and prosecution requirements
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EUROPEAN:
Priority and/or Non-Priority Application
Priority and/or Non-Priority Application
NATIONAL IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC:
Non-priority claiming application
Priority claiming patent application
National Phase
EUROPEAN PATENT
Priority and/or Non-Priority Application
(Priority applications must be filed within 12 months of the earliest priority date)
- Applicant(s) name and address; inventor(s) name, address and nationality
- Description and abstract of the invention including at least one claim, in one of the official languages of the EPO, namely English (our preferred language - we strongly recommend its use), French or German
- Drawings; if any (we can prepare these for you)
- If claimed, date and country of filing of priority application
- Where necessary, indication in the specification that a deposit of biological material has been made, under the provisions of the Budapest Treaty
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no certification or legalization required)
The following additional information/documents may be provided after filing.
- List of Contracting State(s) to designate - at least one of: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Republic of Bulgaria (BG), Czech Republic (CZ), Cyprus (CY), Germany (DE), Denmark (DK), Republic of Estonia (EE), Spain (ES), Finland (FI), France (FR), Hellenic Republic (GR), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Luxembourg (LU), Monaco (MC), Netherlands (NL), Portugal (PT), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI) Sweden (SE), Turkey (TR), Romania (RO), Switzerland (CH), Liechtenstein (LI), United Kingdom (GB).
- List of Extension States to designate - any one or more of the following: Albania (AL), Lithuania (LT), Latvia (LV), former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK).
- Details of applicant's right to apply for the patent
Certified copy of the priority application
- For inventions relating to biological material
- Name of the International Depository Authority
- Date the biological material was deposited
- Accession number for the deposit
- Copy of the receipt issued by the International Depository Authority
Note that the number of EPC member countries is higher than the number of European Union member countries.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TRADE MARK
(Priority applications must be filed within 6 months of the earliest priority date)
- Applicant's name and address
- Specimen of device (logo) or stylized mark or details of work mark
- List of Goods or Services to be protected and their International Classification adopted the last edition of NICE Classification
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no certification or legalization required)
The following additional information/documents may be provided after filing.
- If seniority is to be claimed, the date, number and country of the earlier registration and evidence of prior National Registration
- If priority claimed: date, number and country of filing of priority application
- A certified copy of any priority application
PATENT APPLICATION
Non-priority claiming application
- Applicant's name and address
- Inventor(s) name, address and nationality
- Description and specification of the invention in English, German or French
- Formal drawings; if any (we can prepare these for you)
- For inventions relating to biological material requiring a deposit to be made with an International Depository Authority, indication in the specification that a deposit has been made under the provisions of the Budapest Treaty.
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no legalization required)
The following additional information/documents may be provided after filing.
- Details of applicant's right to apply for the patent
- Investor's Declaration and Assignment of the rights (no legalization required)
- For inventions relating to biological material
- Name of the International Depository Authority
- Date the biological material was deposited
- Accession number for the deposit
- Copy of the receipt issued by the International Depository Authority
PATENT APPLICATION
Priority claiming patent application ---must be filed within 12 months of the earliest priority date
- Applicant's name and address
- Inventor(s) name, address and nationality
- Description and specification of the invention in English, German or French
- Formal drawings; if any (we can prepare these for you)
- Date and country of filing of priority application
- For inventions relating to biological material requiring a deposit to be made with an International Depository Authority, indication in the specification that a deposit has been made under the provisions of the Budapest Treaty.
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no legalization required)
The following additional information/documents may be provided after filing.
- A certified copy of the priority application only if required by the Patent Office
- Investor's Declaration and Assignment of the rights (no legalization required)
- Assignment of priority right only if the applicant is not identical with the applicant of the priority application, signed by the applicant of the priority application - to be filed upon an invitation from and within a deadline set during the proceedings by the Patent Office
- For inventions relating to biological material
- Name of the International Depository Authority
- Date the biological material was deposited
- Accession number for the deposit
- Copy of the receipt issued by the International Depository Authority
CZECH REPUBLIC PCT NATIONAL PHASE
National Phase ---must be filed within the 31 month Chapter I or II deadline
- Copy of an International Patent Application or publication number
- Details of any transfer, assignment or change of name, as recorded
- Details of any amendments
- Indication whether the Czech Republic is a designated state
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no legalization required)
We recommend that you also provide us with copies of the following, if available
- Written Opinion and any responses thereto
- Copy of PCT Pamphlet
- The IPER and any Annex thereto
- The International Search Report including copies of citations, if available
UTILITY MODEL APPLICATION
(Priority claiming application must be filed within 12 months of the earliest priority date)
- Name and address of the applicant(s) and of the author(s)
- Specification, claims and abstract in English, German or French
- Drawings, incl. drawing pertaining to the abstract, informal drawings are sufficient
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no certification or legalization required)
The following additional information/documents may be provided after filing.
- Author's Declaration and Assignment of the rights (no legalization required)
If convention priority is claimed
- Priority Document
- Copy of the national and/or international Utility Model/Patent Application, as filed
- Assignment of Priority Right, if an applicant is not identical with the first applicant (no legalization required)
DESIGN APPLICATION
(Priority claiming application must be filed within 6 months of the earliest priority date)
- Name and address of the applicant(s) and of the creator(s)
- Drawings or photographs showing the whole article for which protection is required or each part of industrial design, which registration is demanded in the application, from which the principle of the design can be unambiguously recognized and which can be reproduced (in 6 copies)
- Name of the design
- Designation of product in which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied, inclusive its classification according to classes of the international classification of designs
- If not apparent from the drawings, brief description of the article to which the design is applied
- If priority claimed, date and country of filing of priority application
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no certification or legalization required)
The following additional information/documents may be provided after filing.
- Formal drawings (we can prepare these for you)
- Author's Declaration and Assignment of the rights (no legalization required)
If convention priority is claimed
- Priority Document
- Copy of the national and/or regional Design Application, as filed
- Assignment of Priority Right, if an applicant is not identical with the first applicant (no legalization required)
The application may contain request for the registration of several design (multiple design application). It may concern only designs included in one class of the international classification of designs.
- List of variants, (there is no limit of variants), if multiple design is concerned
CZECH REPUBLIC TRADE MARK
(Priority applications must be filed within 6 months of the earliest priority date)
- Applicant's name and address
- Clear Specimen of device (logo) or stylized mark or details of word mark (any size print for design or word mark of a special typographical character)
- If priority claimed, date, number and country of filing of priority application
- List of Goods or Services to be protected and, preferably, their International Classification adopted the last edition of NICE Classification
- In the case of collective trademarks, the regulations concerning the use of the mark and the controls lay down
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no certification or legalization required)
The following additional information/documents may be provided after filing.
- Nationality and State of incorporation of applicant
- A certified copy of any priority application
ASSIGNMENTS, LICENSES OR CHANGES
- Suitable evidence, e.g. Assignment Document, License Agreement, Official Deed indicating the change to be recorded, etc. For Assignment also an Affidavit stating that the signatory is the legal representative of the Assignor
- Power of Attorney signed by the applicant (no certification or legalization required)
