Filing Requirements 

REQUIRED INFORMATION

1. Full name, address and nationality of the applicant;

2. Full name, address and nationality of the inventor;

3. Title of the invention/utility solution;

4. Country, application number and filing date of the original foreign application from which priority is claimed (if priority is claimed);

5. International filing number and publication number (in case of PCT applications entering the Vietnam National Phase).
   
   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

1. Specification consisting of the title, description, Claims and abstract (English version) - 02 copies;

2. Drawings (if any) - 02 copies;
   

3. Original Power of Attorney ( pdf file ) ( doc file ) (notarization is not required), of which a copy is accepted for filing an application but the original one must be submitted within 03 months from the filing date;

4. Certified copy of the priority document (only for applications claiming priority under Paris Convention), which can be submitted within 03 months from the filing date;

5. As to PCT applications entering the Vietnam National Phase, apart from the above documents, the following PCT documents are required: PCT publication, International Preliminary Examination Report (PCT/IPER/409) (if any), Notification of Change (PCT/IB/306) (if any), International Search Report (PCT/ISA/210)...
   

   Notes:

   5.1	Since it is required that the Vietnamese version of the specification be submitted at the filing time, the English version must be early provided for the translation work. If sending the specification causes any inconvenience, the PCT application number or the publication number should be early informed for downloading the specification from the WIPO database;
   5.2	The original Power of Attorney can be submitted within 34 months from the priority date.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

1. Term for PCT applications to enter the Vietnam National Phase is 31 months from the priority date;

2. Deed of Assignment ( pdf file ) ( doc file ) and the Vietnamese translation of the priority document may be required by the Vietnamese Patent Office in necessary cases;

3. A request for substantive examination must be filed within 42 months (as to invention) or 36 months (as to utility solution) from the first priority date;

4. Time for formality examination is 01 month from the filing date and for substantive examination is 12 months from the publishing date (if the request for substantive examination is filed before the publishing date) or from the request date (if the request is filed after the publishing date);

5. The validity term of a Patent is 20 years (as for invention) or 10 years (as for utility solution) from the regular filing date and the Patent is effective from the granting date;

6. Annuity is required to be paid only after a Patent is granted.
   
   
   

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