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Tel: +27 21 526 2800
Fax: +27 86 660 6208 / +27 21 526 2801
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CONVENTION PATENT APPLICATION FILING REQUIREMENTS
For urgent convention patent filings, the following details must be provided:
Full names and official address of the applicant(s) - Full names and residential address of each inventor
- Title of the invention
- Priority application number, date and country
On the basis of these details a
valid filing date can be
secured. The specification,
claims and drawings have to be
filed within 14 days from the
date of filing of the
application.
The documents required for
filing, together with the
maximum time periods within
which they can be filed, are the
following:
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Documents required
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No. of months after filing
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Details in 1 to 4 above
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Immediately
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Specification, claims and drawings in any language
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2 weeks
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Specification, claims and drawings* in English (if not in English initially)
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3 months
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A certified priority document for each priority claimed. If the priority
document is not in English, a certified translation is required.
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6 months**
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Declaration and Power of Attorney on Patents Form P3, signed by the
applicant or its representative (no legalisation required)
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6 months**
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Form P26 Statement concerning the use of
South African indigenous biological resource, genetic resource,
traditional knowledge or use
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6 months**
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Assignment
of Invention, signed by each inventor if the inventor(s) are not the
applicant(s) (no legalisation required)
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Before acceptance***
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Assignment of Priority Rights, if the applicant is not the applicant
in respect of the priority application (no legalisation required)
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Before acceptance***
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Abstract of the invention
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Before acceptance***
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* Formal drawings on white paper
of A4 size and with the margins
left clear (Top: 25mm,
Left: 25mm, Right: 15mm, Bottom:
10mm).
** This time period can be
extended on application to the
Registrar.
***These documents must be filed
in time for acceptance of the
application to take place within
18 months, or on application to
the Registrar, 21 months from
the date of filing.
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