IP Southeast Asia

1. Application
Every applicant is required to file an application to the registrar of patents within 12 months of priority date. 

2. Publication
The application will be published after 18 months from the date of filing of the application. 

3. Examination
There are 2 examination routes. 

Option 1: Request for local Search and Examination within 36 months from the priority date. 
Option 2: Request for Modified Examination within 54 months from the priority date. If option 2 is followed, the applicant shall submit prescribed information on the foreign corresponding application, with a claim correspondence table under a supplementary examination process. The applicants can respond to negative examination reports and supplementary examination reports within 2 months from the date of receipt of Notice of Intention to Refuse. 

4. Registration
Upon receiving Notice of Eligibility to Proceed to Grant from the Patent Registrar, the applicants can submit a Request for Grant within 2 months. On grant, a certificate of grant would be issued, and this fact and date of grant will be published in the Patents Journal.

The following information and/or documents are required to file an application for a Singapore patent:- 

Direct National Application:-
1. Request for the grant of a patent (PF 1(2004)):- 
a) the name and address of the applicant;
b) the name and address of the inventor; 
c) a specification comprising a description, claims and any necessary drawings; and 
d) the country and filing particulars of basic application whose priority is claimed. 
2. Appointment of Patent Agent (PF 41) 
3. A statement explaining how the applicant derives its right to the patent from the inventor, normally by virtue of assignment or employment (PF 8). 
4. There is no requirement for the filing of an assignment from inventor to applicant. 

PCT National Phase Application 
1. Form 37;
2. A copy of the PCT application in English language ( i.e. request form PCT/RO/101);
3. The details of the PCT application (suitably, the bibliographic page as published by WIPO);
4. One copy of the PCT specification as originally filed (in or translated to English);
5. One copy of any amendments filed in the international phase (in or translated to English);
6. An Appointment of Agent form signed by the applicant; and
7. A statement explaining how the applicant derives its right to the patent from the inventor, normally by virtue of assignment or employment (PF 8).