Patents, Industrial Designs, Utility Models

Average time for an application to mature into registration is 20 months. The application when complete is examined in its form only, approved applications are published, if no opposition is filed it is examined by experts to determine acceptable claims.

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• Power of Attorney in Spanish granted by the applicant until a Public Notary.*
• Specification and claims in triplicate, any suitable size on plain paper.*
• Drawings to metric scale in triplicate, any suitable size on plain paper.*
• Deed of Assignment, executed by both assignor and assignee before a Public Notary.  This document may be incorporated into the power of attorney.
• If the applicant is a corporation, a document, certifying the legal entity of the corporation, is required. A Public Notary could certify it in the backside of our Power form.
• Certified copy of the first foreign application. Convention priority shall be claimed at filing, but the priority document can be submitted within thirty working days. No Consular legalization is required for this document.
• Deposit of the biological material (UPOV)
• Access contract regarding patents obtained or developed from genetic resources or their derivative products. (Decision 486, article 26)
• License or authorization to use a traditional knowledge from indigenous communities. (Decision 486, article 26)

* Minimum requirements to get a valid filing number.

PCT APPLICATIONS:

• Copy of the international application (containing; description, claims, abstract drawings and text of the drawings).

• Copy of the international Publication.

• Copy of Search report.

• Copy of the Priority Documents.

• Copy of Preliminary Examination and annexes.

• Notarized Power of Attorney

Take note that these documents do not need consular legalization, and must be duly translated into Spanish.

 Fax or e-mail instructions are acceptable, complementary documentation can be filed later.

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