Registration of Industrial design

Streamlined procedure of industrial design examination and registration.
  1. Support in the industrial design patent commercialization (contracts, accounting for intangible assets).
  2. Executing patent research in accordance with GOST R 15.011-96.
  3. Protecting Your Patent Rights in Court.
Industrial design – is an object of intellectual property rights relating to the appearance, design and ergonomic properties of products of industrial or artisan production.

What can you patent as an industrial design?

In accordance with the Civil Code (section 1352, paragraph 1), a solution on the appearance of an industrial or artisanal product is protected as an industrial design.

Examples of industrial designs:

  • Technical solutions:
    The appearance of technical solutions made by designers in an original manner.
  • Clothing design:
    Design of dresses, clothing items. The materials of which the designs are made are also considered.
  • Web sites and software Interfaces:
    Web site and software interfaces developed by the designer.
  • Design Elements:
    Elements of the company corporate identity, business cards, restaurant menus, company prints and so on.

Conditions of the industrial design patentability:

  • Novelty
    An industrial design is considered as new if its essential cumulative feature is not known at the time of application.
    "Author's privilege" - is 12 months from the date of the industrial design disclosure (exhibition, Internet, publication), that is, during this period you can apply without losing the novelty of the invention.
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  • Originality
    An industrial design is recognized as original if its essential features are derived from the creative nature of the product peculiarities, in particular, if from the publicly available information at the time of industrial design application filing, a solution to its appearance is unknown.
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Period of registration and validity of the exclusive right for industrial design:

  • 5 YEARS
    Term of exclusive rights for industrial design.
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  • 12 MONTHS
    Author's privilege for "novelty" patentability parameter.
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  • 2 MONTHS
    Minimum period of registration of industrial design patent.
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The title documents examples of granted patents:

Procedure of a industrial design patent registration:

1
Materials study
1 day
Patent specialist

Studying Customer's materials, identifying the objects of patenting, calculating the terms and cost of patenting.
2
Patent searches
5 – 7 days
Patent specialist, Patent attorney

The search is executed across the databases of patents for utility models, inventions, industrial designs, trademarks and filed applications for their receipt. The patent searches result in the selection and analysis of the closest substitutes for the claimed patented object.
3
Results analysis, patenting strategy development
1 day
Patent specialist, Patent attorney

Based on the patent searches and on the task set for us by the Customer, an optimal industrial design patenting strategy is developed, the application materials submitted for registration are adjusted, in particular the formula and abstract
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Execution and filing an application for an invention with ROSPAENT
1 day
Patent attorney

Preparation of all necessary documents, description of the patented object, its formula, materials needed to understand its essence (drawings, diagrams), abstract and so on.
Filing the application using electronic (digital) signature or in the FIIP reception office.
In accordance with Section 1381 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application filing date is the date of receipt of all necessary documents according to the list of FIIP.
Obtaining the application number (it will remain unchanged) - the priority date of the patent for industrial design is determined by the day the application number is received!
5
Examination as to form
up to 2 months
FIIP Expert

The compliance of the application documents with the formal requirements is being checked.
Based on the formal examination results, Rospatent makes a decision on accepting the application for consideration and proceeds to the examination as to the substance
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Examination as to substance of the patented object
Up to 16 months
FIIP Expert

Application examination as to the substance of an industrial design includes a list of actions with the main purpose being to identify the patentability of the claimed object. The examination is executed by FIIP experts.
During the examination as to substance the industrial design compliance to the requirements of the Russian Federation law is being checked.
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Granting a patent for industrial design to the rightholder
Up to 2 months
ROSPATENT

The title document contains the number of the industrial design patent, the name of the object, the date of state registration, the application number, the priority date, the expiration date of the exclusive right for the patented object, the name of the patent holder, the names of the invention's authors
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Cost of registration of the industrial design patent:

The standard procedure of the industrial design patenting: 12 months

Infringement search

Advice on finalizing the solution

FIIP application preparation

Stamp duties payment

Filing application with FIIP

Record keeping

Obtaining a registration decision

Obtaining the patent in original

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The streamlined procedure of the industrial design patenting: 2 months

Infringement search

Advice on finalizing the solution

FIIP application preparation

Stamp duties payment

Filing application with FIIP

Streamlined record keeping

Obtaining a registration decision

Obtaining the patent in original in Russia

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Amounts of stamp duties for industrial design patenting:

The amounts of stamp duties are established by the state and are the same for all but certain categories of citizens and legal entities. Check the exact amount of duties from our employee on the day of your call
Stamp Duty for industrial design examination as to the form
+700 ₽ for each claim over 10
1700 ₽
Stamp Duty for industrial design examination as to the substance
+ 2500 ₽ for each industrial design of industrial design group over
3000 ₽
Stamp Duties for industrial design registration and patent granting
4500 ₽
According to Section. 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, an application for an industrial design must relate to one design (industrial design) or to a group if they are so interconnected that together they form a single creative concept (the requirement of the industrial design unity).

Calculation of cost and time required for registration of patent for industrial design:

Has no influence upon priority date but determines the commencement date of the patent right:
3
10
Russian or international patent
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Other patent options:

Registration of a patent for invention
Cancellation of patents for invention
Invention Examination (judicial and pre-trial)
Obtaining an international patent for invention
Challenging ROSPATENT's refusal to obtain a patent
Protection of Copyright and exclusive rights for invention
Listing invention in the customs register
Registration of a patent for utility models
Cancellation of patents for utility models
Utility models examination (judicial and pre-trial)
Obtaining an international patent for utility models
Challenging ROSPATENT's refusal to obtain a patent
Protection of Copyright and exclusive rights for utility models
Listing utility models in the customs register

Additional services in patenting industrial designs:

Patent examination of industrial design
Examination of your patent rights infringement
Cancellation of the patent for industrial design
Cancellation (termination) of others' patents for industrial designs
Extension of the patent for industrial design
Extending patent exclusive rights for industrial designs
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