Utility Model Applications
- Protection term of 10-years,
- Novelty search conducted,
- Novelty should be based on a claim feature that has a technical contribution to the invention,
- Third-party obserbations available,
- Utility model filings cannot cover chemical compounds or methods of any sort,
- Convention priority can be claimed from a utility model application.
- No fees are levied for excessive number of pages or claims.
