Extension of Invention Patent application from China |
| Applications of Invention patent filed at the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) can be extended to Macau. Under this mechanism, the applicants could simply file a request for extension before the DSE and obtain the patent right in Macau after their application in China is granted |
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Filing
Request for extension of an application filed at the CNIPA is filed 2 weeks
Publication of request
Publication of the request in the Official Gazette of MSAR after 18 months from the earliest filing date of the Chinese application After grant of Chinese application
Relevant documents proving the grant are submitted within 3 months 3 – 4 months
Registration
Certificate issued Patent published onto the Patent Gazette |
| * The time frame shown above indicates average processing time of the DSE, it can be varied from the actual situation due to the subject matter of application. |