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Patents in Mexico
Concession of the Patent Grant: 20 years (from the filing date)
Concession of the Utility Model: 10 years
Concession of the Industrial Design: 15 years
Approximate Patent Application processing time: 3 to 5 years.
Approximate Utility Model processing time: 2 years.
Approximate Industrial Design Application processing time: 1 year.
Member of the Paris Convention: Yes
Member of the PCT: Yes
Mexican Patent Office: Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Intelectual (IMPI)
- Patent Filing
- Preliminary Exam
- Publication in the Intellectual Property Gazette: within 18 months from the filing date. (Utility Model Applications are not published)
- Opposition Period: 60 days
- Formal Examination Request: request within 6 months from the publication.
- Acceptance or rejection
- Payment of the Final Taxes.
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