Requirements
Requirements for Filing Patent Applications
1. A simply signed Power of Attorney (required on the day of filing).
2. Specification, claims and abstract in French (required on the day of filing).
3. Formal drawings, if applicable (required on the day of filing).
4. Assignment of Priority Rights (can be filed later, no set deadline).
5. Priority document with verified French translation (can be filed later within three months).
Patents of Importation
1. A simply signed Power of Attorney (required on the day of filing).
2. Specification, claims and abstract in French (required on the day of filing).
3. Formal drawings, if applicable (required on the day of filing).
4. Certified copy of foreign granted patent (required on the day of filing).
Grant:
The term of a patent of invention is twenty years from the filing date and the term of a patent of importation is the unexpired term of the foreign patent. Patents of addition expire with the main case. No renewal fees are payable.