PATENTS

PATENTS

1. A patent is a legal title granted to an applicant for protection of an invention.

2. It is a registerable form of IP.

3. The patent is granted for a limited period by the patent office, acting as an instrument of the government in the country in which the patent is applied for.

   • The title granted provides the owner with a monopoly on exploitation (making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing) of the invention

4. The period of limited exclusivity granted by the patent certificate is 20 years in most countries.

5. The patent specification describing the invention is published by the patent office 18 months after

6. The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 1883 is the oldest treaty in the world dealing with the protection of IPR.

7. The body charged with administration of the Paris Convention is the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, established in 1967 under the WIPO Convention to promote the protection of IP worldwide.

8. In Colombia, the entity in charge of granting patents is the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce whose main offices are located in Santafé de Bogotá D.C.

9. Registration process for patent application

   • 1. The card folder must be purchased (Form P-10) which will serve as a cover page for the application.
   • 2. Applications submitted to the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce must contain:
     • >1. The identification of the applicant and the inventor >2. Title or name of the invention that must be Descriptive, Brief and Accurate, avoiding excessively general or abstract designation, without reference to the brand or trade name that is to be given to the product or process. >3. A summary with the object and purpose of the invention. >4. The clear and complete description of the invention in such a way that a person versed in the matter can execute it; If necessary, you should use technically made drawings.
     • >5. One or more claims that require the subject matter for which patent protection is needed. >6. For the interpretation of the invention: The drawings, drawings or figures that are necessary, in official size sheets, made in indelible black ink on one side of the paper, if possible without frames or signs (only those that serve to designate the figure) >7. When there is a previous foreign application: the copy of the first patent application, in the event that priority is requested, expressly indicating: if the priority is not claimed, the copy is not required. >8. The card for the thematic file and a card for the file of owners, duly filled out, in accordance with the format of the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce.
     • >9. For publication purposes: a summary containing the inventor's identification, the title of the invention, the most relevant description or reinvindication, the final art of the most characteristic drawing or figure, or most characteristic chemical formula in 12 x 12 size cm in duplicate if applicable and the relevant bibliographic data. >10. The powers that are necessary >11. Proof of payment for an Invention Patent or a Utility Model Patent. >12. The text (in duplicate of the description) and the reinvindications must be presented in white sheets of official size, written in black and indelible ink, on one side of the paper. The original will remain in the office and the copy will be for the applicant.

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