Requirements
Utility Model Applications
In general, the requirements for filing a utility model in Denmark are the same as for filing a patent application. The same applies for convention priority.
1. Name and address of the applicant and inventor.
2. Title of invention.
3. Priority data.
4. Copy of specification/ drawings.
5. If PCT based, copies of all relevant PCT-documents, including search report, written opinion, and any PCT/IPEA report.
6. Absolute novelty is required.
Notes:
* Methods and processes are not protectable through utility models. These can only be protected through a patent application.
Further, war material, inventions contrary to the law or public morality; discoveries; scientific theories and mathematical methods; aesthetic design creations; schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business; programs for computers; reproduction of information; plant or animal varieties are not protectable through utility models.
* It is possible in a PCT application to add a request for utility model in Denmark in the designation, and thus file a utility model as national phase of PCT.
* A utility model is examined only formally, but examination on novelty and inventiveness can be requested.
* Maximum duration is 10 years.
* Opposition is not possible, but request for reexamination or annulment action can be filed at anytime.