1.- Venezuela Patent Requirements

1. Name and address of the applicant. If it is a Company, place of incorporation.
2. Name, address and citizenship of the Inventor(s).
3. Invention Title, Summary of the Invention, Utility Model or Design.
4. Invention, Utility Model or Design specifications / description.
5. Claims.
6. Formal Drawings.
7. A Spanish Translation of the specifications is required (four copies).
8. Inventor's declaration (if different than applicant)
9. Certified copy of the foreign priority, including priority number and country of origin, accompanied by a Spanish translation (The priority could be claimed if the foreign patent application was filed within 12 months). The priority document should be presented within 90 days from the filing date, it does not need to be notarized or legalized.

The patent filing could be presented with the information from 1, 2, 3 and with copy of the original foreign patent information, priority information including date and number.

2.- Power of Attorney

The presentation requires a notarized power of attorney legalized at the Venezuelan consulate.

The power of attorney must be filed within 1 months from the patent filing date.

Patents in Venezuela

Concession time for a Patent: 5 or 10 years (from the filing date)

Concession time for a Utility Model: 5 or 10 years.

Concession time for an Industrial Design: 5 or 10 year.

Approximate Patent Application processing time: 2 to 3 years with no oppositions.

Member of the Paris Convention: Yes

Member of the PCT: No

Patent Office: Servicio Autónomo de Propiedad Industrial (SAPI)

1. Patent Filing
2. Formal Examination Report
3. Acceptance or rejection
4. Payment of the Final Taxes.