MOZAMBIQUE
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Patent Information
International and Regional Arrangements:
- Paris Convention: Yes
- PCT: Yes (national phase deadline is 31 months from the priority date)
- ARIPO: Yes (see ARIPO requirements for designating Mozambique in an ARIPO application)
- OAPI: No
Filing Requirements:
- Published PCT application or English or Portuguese specification, abstract and drawings (required on day of filing)
- Portuguese translation of the title and abstract (required on day of filing)
- Power of Attorney, notarised (required on day of filing)
- Assignment of Invention or certified copy thereof (if not lodged in the international phase) (no set deadline)
- Verified Portuguese translation of the specification (can be filed within 3 months)
- International Search Report and International Preliminary Report on Patentability (no set deadline)
- Certified priority document (if not lodged in the international phase), and verified Portuguese translation thereof for non-PCT applications (can be filed within 2 months)
Novelty: Absolute novelty is required
Patentability: Methods of medical treatment, surgery or diagnosis are not patentable
Excess Fees: None
Examination: As to form only
Term of Patent: 20 years from the effective filing date
Renewals: Payable annually in advance from the first anniversary of the effective filing date
General Information
- Area: Approximately 800 000 km2
- Population: 22 million
- Capital: Maputo
- Currency: Meticais
- GDP: $ 22.19 billion (2010)
- Domain name extension: .mz
- Languages: Portuguese (official language)
- Exports: Aluminium; prawns; cashew nuts; cotton; sugar; citrus; timber; bulk electricity
- Imports: Machinery and equipment; vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products; foodstuffs; textiles
International / Regional Conventions:
- Madrid Agreement on Marks
- Madrid Protocol on Marks
- Nice Agreement on Classification of Marks
- Paris Convention
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
- WIPO Convention
- WTO/TRIPS