patent
PATENT PROTECTS A PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO A TECHNICAL PROBLEM
A patent can only be granted for an invention. In order for an invention to lead to a patent it must constitute a practical solution to a problem where the solution is of a technical nature or effect and is reproducible.
A PATENT CAN GIVE YOU AN IMPORTANT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE BECAUSE YOU WILL ENJOY EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO USE YOUR INVENTION COMMERCIALLY
A patent gives you exclusive rights to exploit your invention commercially for a limited period. During this time, you can prevent others from manufacturing, importing or selling the invention you have patented.
Criteria for patentability: Novelty, Inventive Step, Industrial Application.
Excluded from the protection:
» inventions the publication or exploitation of which would be contrary to morality or law
» surgical or diagnostic methods or methods of treatment applied directly to the human or animal body (this exclusion does not cover products, substances or compositions for use in any of these methods)
» plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals, with the exception of microbiological processes of the products thereof.
Duration:
20 years from the date of filing the application.
National Patent Application Filing Requirements
- Applicant’s name and address
- Inventor’s name and address or indication that inventor does not want to be mentioned in the application, in which case a statement by the inventor is needed.
- Description and claims
- Abstract
- One set of formal drawings (A4)
- Priority application data, if priority is claimed (application number, date and country)
- Power of Attorney that should be simply signed by the applicant
Extension of European Patent, in Serbia, as designated for extension
- Applicant’s name and address
- A copy of publication of granted EP
- Translation of description and claims of published EP into Serbian
- Power of Attorney simply signed by the applicant
Entering National Phase for PCT application, in Serbia, as designated country
- Applicant’s name and address
- Inventor’s name and address or indication that inventor does not want to be mentioned in application, in which case a statement by the inventor is needed.
- Description
- Claims
- Drawings
- Abstract
- Priority date
- Power of Attorney that should be simply signed by the applicant
