Utility model
Availability and names
Columns: Country | Type of Protection | Maximum Term | PCT route available | Conversion from Patent Application
Albania | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Angola | utility model | no set term | No | No | Argentina | utility model | 10 years | No | Yes | ARIPO | utility model | 8 years | Yes | Yes | Armenia | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Aruba | small patent | 6 years | Yes via Netherlands | Yes | Australia | innovation patent | 8 years | Not unless by division | Yes | Austria | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes by division | Azerbaijan | utility model | unknown | Yes | Yes | Belarus | utility model | 8 years | Yes | unknown | Belgium | short patent | 6 years | No | No | Belize | utility model | 7 years | Yes | Yes | Bolivia | utility model | 10 years | No | unknown | Botswana | utility model | 7 years | Yes | unknown | Brazil | utility model | 15 years | Yes | probably | Bulgaria | utility model | 10 years | Yes | probably | Chile | utility model | 10 years | No | unknown | China | utility model patent | 10 years | Yes | unknown | Colombia | utility model | 10 years | Yes | probably by division | Costa Rica | utility model | 12 years | Yes | Yes | Czech Republic | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes by division | Denmark | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes by division | Ecuador | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes by division | Estonia | utility model | 8 years | Yes | Yes | Ethiopia | utility model | 10 years | No | Yes | Finland | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | France | utility certificate [N/A] | 6 years | No | Yes | Georgia | utility model | 8 years | Yes | Yes | Germany | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Ghana | utility model | 7 years | Yes | Yes | Greece | utility model | 7 years | No | Yes | Guatemala | utility model | 10 years | No | Yes | Honduras | utility model | 15 years | Yes | unknown | Hungary | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Indonesia | Petty Patent/Simple Patent | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Ireland | short term patent | 10 years | No | Yes | Italy | utility model | 10 years | No | Yes | Japan | utility model | 10 – 15 years | Yes | Yes | Kazakhstan | utility model | 8 years | Yes | Yes | Kenya | utility model | 10 years (From date of registration) | Yes | Yes | Korea (south) | utility patent | 15 years | Yes | Yes | Kuwait | utility model | 7 years | No | unknown | Kyrgyzstan | utility model | unknown | Yes | unknown | Laos | petty patent | 7 years | No | unknown | Lesotho | utility model | 7 years | Yes | Yes | Macau | utility model | unknown | No | unknown | Malaysia | utility innovation | 20 years | Not directly (+) | Yes | Mexico | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes. | Moldova | utility model | unknown | Yes | probably | Mozambique | utility model | unknown | Yes | probably | Netherlands | short term patent (*) | 6 years | No | unknown | Nicaragua | utility model | unknown | Yes | probably | OAPI | utility model | 8 years | Yes | probably not | Panama | utility model | 10 years | No | unknown | Peru | utility model patent | 5 years | No | Yes | Philippines | utility model | 7 years | Yes | Yes | Poland | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Portugal | utility model | no set term | Yes | unknown | Russia | utility model | 13 years | Yes | Yes | Sierra Leone | utility model | unknown | Yes | probably | Slovakia | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Slovenia | short term patent | 10 years | Yes | probably | South Africa | functional design | 10 years | No | No | Spain | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Taiwan | utility model | 10 years | No | Yes | Tajikistan | utility model | 9 years | Yes | probably | Tangier Zone | utility model | 10 years | No | unknown | Tonga | utility model | 7 years | No | No | Trinidad and Tobago | utility certificate | 10 years | Yes | unknown | Turkey | utility model | 10 years | Yes | Yes | Uganda | utility certificate | 7 years | No | Yes | Ukraine | utility model | 8 years | Yes | Yes | United Arab Emirates | utility model | 10 years | Yes | unknown | Uruguay | utility model patent | 10 years | No | Yes | Uzbekistan | utility model | 8 years | Yes | probably | Venezuela | utility model | 10 years | No | Yes