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Patent Information
International and Regional Arrangements:
- Paris Convention: No (priority may nevertheless be claimed from an application filed not more than 12 months previously)
- PCT: No
- ARIPO: No
- OAPI: No
Filing Requirements:
- Specification, abstract and drawings in Portuguese (required on day of filing)
- Power of Attorney, notarised (can be filed within 6 months)
- Deed of Assignment, legalised, with a Portuguese translation (can be filed within 6 months)
- Certified priority document and verified Portuguese translation (can be filed within 6 months)
Novelty: Absolute novelty is required
Patentability: Methods of medical treatment, surgery and diagnosis are not patentable
Excess fees: None
Examination: Formal and substantive examination is carried out approximately 60 days from publication
Term of Patent: 20 years from the filing date
Renewals: Payable annually in advance from the first anniversary of the filing date
General Information
- Area: Approximately 4 000 km2
- Population: 0.5 million
- Capital: Cidade de Praia
- Currency: Escudos (CVE)
- GDP: $ 1.9 billion (2010)
- Domain name extension: .cv
- Languages: Portuguese (official language)
- Exports: Shoes; garments; fish; bananas; hides
- Imports: Foodstuffs; consumer goods; petroleum; industrial products; transport equipment
International / Regional Conventions:
- Berne Convention
- Rome Convention
- WIPO Convention
- WTO/TRIPS