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Patent and Trademark Attorneys

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DOCUMENTS AND DATA REQUIRED FOR FILING IN HUNGARY

PATENTS AND UTILITY MODELS

VALIDATION OF EUROPEAN PATENTS

NATIONAL PHASE OF PCT APPLICATIONS

TRADEMARKS

DESIGNS

PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION

MICROELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR TOPOGRAPHIES GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS DOMAIN NAMES

 

PATENTS AND UTILITY MODELS

- Applicant's name and address
- Inventor's name and address
- Specification in 1 copy preferably in English, German or French for translation into Hungarian
- Drawings in 4 copies, if any
- Power of Attorney
- Assignment Document, if applicant and inventor are not the same person
- Certificate of deposit of microorganisms, if the invention is based on the use of microorganisms

Additional requirements for convention applications
- Filing date, application number and country of each basic foreign application
- Certified copy of each basic foreign application, to be filed within 4 months from the filing date
- Hungarian, English, French or German translation of each certified copy, if it is not in any of these languages
- Assignment Document, if applicant is not identical with the applicant(s) of the basic foreign application(s)

Minimum requirements for obtaining a filing date for a non-convention application
- Applicant's name and address
- Specification in 1 copy in any language
- Drawings in 1 copy, if any

Minimum requirements for obtaining a filing date for a convention application
- Applicant's name and address
- Filing date, application number and country of each basic foreign application
In this case no specification and no drawings are necessary for obtaining a filing date.

 

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VALIDATION OF EUROPEAN PATENTS

- Copy of the decision to grant of the European Patent Office if already available
- Copy of the description and claims as granted or as to be granted for translation into if the B1 publication is not yet available on the Internet Hungarian
- Copies of the drawings, if any
- Power of Attorney (can be filed later)
 

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NATIONAL PHASE OF PCT APPLICATIONS

- Copy of the PCT application as published by the WIPO
- Copy of the claims as filed if not identical with the published claims
- Copy of any amendments
- Inventor’s name and address, if not indicated in the PCT request
- International Search Report, preferably with copies of the listed documents
- International Preliminary Examination Report
- Power of Attorney (can be filed later)
- Certified copy of each basic foreign application, if not submitted to the WIPO (can be filed later)
- Assignment Document, if applicant is not identical with the applicant as stated in the PCT documents (can be filed later)


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TRADEMARKS

- Applicant's name and address
- The mark to be registered for wordmarks of standard characters
- 3 copies of a two-dimensional graphic or photographic representation, in colour if applies, of a size between 5 cm x 6 cm and 10 cm x 12 cm, of the mark for other than wordmarks of standard characters
- Specification containing the goods and/or services
- Power of Attorney
- For collective and certification marks, regulations governing the use of the mark

Additional requirements for convention applications
- Filing date, application number and country of each basic foreign application
- Certified copy of each basic foreign application, to be filed within 4 months from the filing date
- Hungarian, English, French or German translation of each certified copy, if it is not in any of these languages
- Assignment Document, if applicant is not identical with the applicant(s) of the basic foreign application(s)

Minimum requirements for obtaining a filing date for a non-convention application
- Applicant's name and address
- Specification containing the goods and/or services in any language
- The mark to be registered for wordmarks of standard characters
- 1 copy of a two-dimensional graphic or photographic representation, in colour if applies, of the mark for other than wordmarks of standard characters

Minimum requirements for obtaining a filing date for a convention application
- Applicant's name and address
- Filing date, application number and country of each basic foreign application
In this case no graphic or photographic representation of the mark and no specification are necessary for obtaining a filing date.
 

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DESIGNS

- Applicant's name and address
- Author's name and address
- Photo(s) of the design, or each of the designs, of a size between 3 cm × 4 cm and 12 cm × 15 cm, or drawing(s) of the design, or each of the designs, of a size not exceeding 21 cm × 29.7 cm, in 5 copies
- Denomination of the product for which the design is to be used
- Power of Attorney
- Assignment Document, if applicant and author are not the same person

Additional requirements for convention applications
- Filing date, application number and country of each basic foreign application
- Certified copy of each basic foreign application, to be filed within 4 months from the filing date
- Hungarian, English, French or German translation of each certified copy, if it is not in any of these languages
- Assignment Document, if applicant is not identical with the applicant(s) of the basic foreign application(s)

Minimum requirements for obtaining a filing date
- Applicant's name and address
- Photo(s) or drawing(s) of the design, or each of the designs, in 1 copy

Minimum requirements for obtaining a filing date for a convention application
- Applicant's name and address
- Filing date, application number and country of each basic foreign application
In this case no photo or drawing of the design is necessary for obtaining a filing date.
 

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- Applicant's name and address
- Breeder's name and address
- Denomination of the plant variety
- Common name and Latin name of the species
- Description of the plant variety
- Photo(s) of the plant variety
- Declaration on novelty (can be filed later)
- Power of Attorney (can be filed later)
- Assignment Document, if applicant and breeder are not the same person (can be filed later)
 

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- Applicant's name and address
- Author's name and address
- Drawing(s) or photo(s) of the topography
- Power of Attorney (can be filed later)
- Assignment Document, if applicant and author are not the same person (can be filed later)
 

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- Applicant's name and address
- The geographical indication to be registered and its type (appellation of origin, geographical sign)
- List of products
- Product specification in case of agricultural products or foodstuffs
- Power of Attorney (can be filed later)
 

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Applications under the top level public domain (.hu)
- Application Form signed by the Applicant
- Copy of Applicant's Hungarian Trademark Registration, or European Community Trademark Registration, or International Registration extended to Hungary, for a trademark comprising the domain name
- Power of Attorney

Applications under the second level public domain (.*.hu)
- Application Form signed by the Applicant
- Power of Attorney
In this case no registered trademark right in Hungary is necessary for obtaining a registration.
 

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December 2004