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PINTAS Intellectual Property (IP) Protection Patent
1. Categories of Patentable Inventions
2. Patentability Criteria
An invention is patentable if it is
| 发明 | -An invention permits in practive the solution to a specific problem in the field of technology -An invention may be or may relate to a product or process |
| 新颖性 | -An invention is novel if it is not anticipated by prior art. -Prior art is anything disclosed to the public anywhere in the world, by written publication, by oral disclosure, by use, or in way prior to the priority date. |
| 适用工业 | -An invention shall be considered industrially applicable if it can be made or used in any kind of industry. -Exclude Articles or processes alleged to operate in a manner cleary contracy to well-established physical laws, e.g. a perpetual motion machine. |
| 创造性 | -Obvious/Non Inventive if a person of ordinary skill in the area with no inventive abilities would habe been led to the solution directly and without difficutly -Inventive proven if smart person says:”I wouldn’t have thought of that” |
3. Patent Application Procedures
| 1. Novelty Search | 4. Application number and Priority Date | 7. Examination |
| 2. Drafting of Patent Specification | 5. Extension to Overseas | 8. Grant |
| 3. Filing of application with specification | 6. Publication | 9. Renewal |
4. Patent: Scope of Rights
| 垄断 | -Right to exclude others from Making Using,Selling,Importing -The invention (as defined by the claims) For 20 years (from the filing date) In countries of registration |
| 执行 | -Can sue a competitor for infringement |
| 盈利 | -Can assign or license in exchange for payment |
5. The life of a patent
对于2001年8月1日或之后提交的专利申请，专利的有效期为自申请日起20年（对于直接国家申请）或自国际申请日起（对于PCT国家阶段申请），前提是按时支付规定的年费。
期限与续展
专利的保护期为自申请日起20年，并且不能续延。专利到期后，持有人不再拥有制造和销售产品的专有权。
专利申请
专利审查过程始于向专利局提交专利注册申请。
初步审查
接下来，将进行初步审查，以确定该申请是否符合《 1983年专利法》（马来西亚）中定义的正式要求。
公开
自申请日起18个月后，专利申请将公开供公众查阅。
实质审查
申请通过初步审查后，要求申请人在提交日期后的18个月内要求进行实质性或变更性实质审查，审查员将根据专利法确定所要求保护的发明是否是新颖的，发明性的和工业上适用的1983年（马来西亚）。
授予证明书
在注册官批准后，授予专利权并颁发授予证明书。
续展
专利获准后，需要每年从注册日起进行续展，直到专利到期。
处理时间
专利申请的总处理时间可能为18个月至2年，甚至更长。
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