Receiving of a patent on an invention
  The invention is considered to be a product of human’s intellectual activity in a sphere of technology.   The following subject matters of an invention shall be patentable:  

  • a product (apparatus, substance, strain of microorganism, cell culture of plant and animal)

  • a process

  • a new application of a known process.

The following subject matters of an invention shall not be patentable:
  • plant varieties and animal breeds
  • inherent natural biological processes of reproducing of plants and animals, which process has no relation to non-biological and microbiological processes
  • an integrated microcircuit topography
  • styling results.
A patent of invention shall be valid for 20 years from the date of filing with the Patent Office of Ukraine.
An invention meets the requirements of patentability if it is new, involves an inventive step and has industrial applicability.
The examination of an international patent application is proceeded on base of the patent application translated into Ukrainian language and the payment order for this patent application filing, provided that the said documents were received by the examination authority of Ukraine within 31 months from priority date. This term can be extended but no more than for 2 months provided that the appropriate request and payment order for its filing will be filed before mentioned term expiration.
After the expiry of 18 months from the filing date, or from the priority date of an application for the granting of a patent on the invention, the Patent Office publishes an information about said application in the Official Bulletin. A patent is granted within 1 month after the registration of an invention in the State Register. The rights derived from a patent coming into legal effect from the date of publication of a mention of the patent granting in the Official Bulletin.
Filing requirements for Ukraine.
An application shall be made in Ukrainian language and shall include:
  • An order letter with an information sheet containing:
  • 1. The applicant's name, citizenship and address/domicile
  • 2. Inventor's name, citizenship and address/domicile
  • 3. Convention priority date
  • Specification
  • Claims
  • Drawings and other illustrative materials (if any)
  • Abstract
  • Certified copy of a prior application filed in a member state of the Paris convention (if any priority claimed)
  • Power of attorney
  • Payment order for filing.
Filing requirements for PCT patent applications.
 The PCT patent application shall be filed with the Ukrainian Patent Office in Ukrainian language within 31 months from the priority date. The following documents are necessary:
  • An order letter with an information sheet containing:
  • 1. The applicant's name, citizenship and address/domicile
  • 2. Inventor's name, citizenship and address/domicile
  • 3. Convention priority date
  • Specification, Claims, Abstract, in  English or in the language of the country of origin of the applicant with  a title page of the PCT publication
  • Specification, Claims, Abstract in Ukrainian
  • Drawings and other illustrative materials (if any)
  • Power of attorney
  • Payment order for filing
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