The requirements to file a patent/petty patent/PCT application in Indonesia

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The requirements to file a patent/petty patent/PCT application:

Power of Attorney (no legalization required);
Assignment of Right, in case of the applicant is not the inventor (no legalization required);
Specification of Patent;
Certified Copy of Priority Claim and its English translation (for patent/petty patent application with priority claim).

The procedure of patent application in Indonesia based on Patent Law No. 14 of 2001:

Upon filing a patent application, the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) will conduct a formal examination for checking the completeness of administrative and physical requirements. When the application meets the requirements, it will then be published in the Official Gazette for a period of 6 (six) months for opposition purposes. The publication shall be made no later than 18 (eighteen) months after the filing date of application. A request for substantive examination must be filed within 36 (thirty-six) months from the filing date of a patent application. For a patent application that meets the substantive requirements there is no objection is raised by the other party, the DGIP will grant the patent application. A patent shall be granted for a period of twenty years as from the filing date of application and cannot be renewed.

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