Patent Applicant Process | Patents Registrar

September 28, 2009
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

Patent process can be a timely issue. Once the application for a provisional patent has been approved, the applicant then has 12 months in which to make a Complete Patent Application. It normally takes up to 6 months to have a complete patent application accepted. If all the formalities have been complied with, the application is then accepted. The applicant is then required to publish the patent in the Patents Journal, which is published monthly by the government printers.

This allows members of the public the opportunity to lodge objections. If after 3 months, there are no objections, the Patents Registrar will issue a Patent Certificate.