Online Patent Filing in Columbia | Trademark Filing in Columbia

Descriptions, claims, abstract of the invention and formal drawings (if the descriptions contains the drawings) to be translated into Spanish language
Power of Attorney – within 2 months from filing [No notarization/legalization is necessary];
Assignment of priority rights (if applicant not the same as priority) – within 2 months from filing
Certified copies of Priority Documents – within 16 months from priority [for Paris Convention]
Full name, address and nationality of Applicant and Inventors

PATENT FLOW

PROCEDURE	PATENT	UTILITY MODEL
Filing	Paris Convention – 12 months from earliest priority PCT National Phase – 31 months from earliest priority	Paris Convention – 12 months from earliest priority PCT National Phase – 31 months from earliest priority
Formality Examination	2 months from filing	2 months from filing
Publication	90 days from filing	90 days from filing
Substantive Examination	Fee payable within 6 months from publication	Fee payable within 3 months from publication
Grant fee	No official grant fee payable	No official grant fee payable
Annuity	Commences after grant from Colombian filing date (for Paris Convention) or PCT filing date (for National phase)	First payment after grant
Protection period (subject to payment of annuity)	20 years from filing	10 years from filing

Estimate time to obtain grant for straight forward application approximately 3-5 years from filing for patent and approximately3 years for Utility Model.

SPECIAL REMARKS

	PATENT	UTILITY MODEL
Type of claims	Product, process *Novel, inventive and industrial applicability	Only product claims *Novel and industrial applicability
Number of claims	No limit	No limit
Conversion from Patent to Utility or vice versa	Allowed before grant with applicable fees	Allowed before grant with applicable fees
Substantive Examination	Yes	Yes

Non-patentable inventions in Colombia are:

those whose commercial exploitation has necessarily to be prohibited in order to protect law and order or morality
inventions that may affect health or the life of persons or animals, plants or the environment
plants, animals and essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals that are not non-biological or microbiological processes
therapeutic or surgical methods for the treatment of human beings or animals and also diagnostic methods applied to human beings or animals.

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