PADEMARK - Patent Attorneys/Trademark Attorneys in Vietnam

INFORMATION REQUIRED

Full Name, Address, and Nationality of the Applicant(s)/Inventor(s).

Priority data (if any) including application number, priority date and priority country.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

A copy of both original and amended specification (if any) in English for purpose of translation into Vietnamese. It is advisable to provide us with such documents as early as possible, e.g. two weeks before the due date of filing for the purpose of translation.

A Power of Attorney signed by the Applicant to appoint PADEMARK as his/her patent agent in Vietnam. Notarization is not necessary.

An originally signed Deed of Assignment of the right to file application where the Applicant of Vietnamese patent application has been assigned the right from other legally entitled party(s). Notarization is not necessary.

Certified copy(s) of priority application(s) in case the Vietnamese patent application is not national phase of a PCT application.

Note:

The time limit for entry of a PCT application into Vietnam national phase under both Chapter I and Chapter II is 31 months (not 30 months) from the earliest priority date. However, a late entry within six (06) months counted from the expiration of 31 month period is available upon payment of appropriate fees;

Power of Attorney and Deed of Assignment documents are not required at filing. However said originally signed documents must be submitted to the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) within 34 months from the priority date for PCT national phase applications or within one (01) month from the date of the NOIP’s Notice for non-PCT applications.

In case that certified copy(s) of priority application(s) are required, these certified document(s) need to be submitted to the NOIP within three (03) months from the filing date.