Receiving of a patent on a utility model
  The utility model 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 known process.

The following subject matters of an utility model 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 utility model shall be valid for 10 years from the date of filing an application with the Patent Office.
A utility model meets the requirements of patentability if it is novel and has industrial applicability.
An application for the granting of a patent shall undergo the formal examination only whereupon a patent may be granted.
A patent is granted within 1 month after the registration in the State Register.
The rights derived from a patent enter into force 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 data
  • 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. 
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