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Inventions, Useful modelsLegal protection of an invention, or a useful model, in the Russian Federation is provided subject to its state registration, upon which a patent for invention, or a patent for useful model is issued.Both legal entities and natural persons may be right holders for an invention, or a useful model. We offer a broad range of services related to registration of inventions and useful models:
InventionA technical decision in any field related to a product (in particular, a device, a substance, a strain of microorganism, a culture of cells of plants, or animals), or a method, is protected as an invention.An invention patentability is subject to the following conditions: an invention is provided with legal protection, if it is new, of the invention level and industrially applicable. An exclusive right for an invention remains in effect for twenty years from the date of filing an initial application for issue of patent. Beginning with the third year, a patent for invention has to be extended every year by means of payment of duties within established time limits. Non-payment or improper payment of duties would result in termination of the patent validity. Useful modelA technical decision related to a device is protected as a useful model.A useful model patentability is subject to the following conditions: a useful model is provided with legal protection, if it is new and industrially applicable. An exclusive right for a useful model remains in effect for ten years from the date of filing an initial application for issue of patent and may be extended for three years. A patent for useful model has to be extended every year by means of payment of duties within established time limits. Non-payment or improper payment of duties would result in termination of the patent validity. Main points of difference between a useful model and an invention1) the inventive level is lower than that applied to an invention; 2) the maximum protection period stipulated by the law for a useful model is shorter than the maximum protection period stipulated by the law for an invention; 3) considerable differences in the procedure of providing legal protection for a useful model: the procedure in question is shorter and simpler than the one applied to a patent for invention. |
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