PATENTS IN COLOMBIA

The protection of ideas and

justification of the project

DEFINITION
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a State to the inventor of a new

product or technology, capable of being commercially exploited for a limited period

of time, in exchange for the disclosure of the invention. The registration of the patent

constitutes the creation of a monopoly in an artificial way, and is framed within the

industrial property, which in turn is part of the intellectual property regime

CLASSES OF PATENTS IN COLOMBIA

Invention patents: protected for 20 years. They can be procedural

or product.

Utility model patents: protected for 10 years. They can only be

product.

REQUEST
It is responsible for requesting the invention of utility models

REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR AN

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN EGISTRATION
Requirements To request an Industrial Registry, a series of steps are

needed to follow to give a registry

PUBLICATION
The invention of the project is revealed

BACKGROUND CONCEPT
This patent is where comments are made after

publication

INVENTION APPLICATION AND PATENT UTILITY

MODELS
These are steps to follow to obtain a good patent

ENTITY IN CHARGE
It is an entity that protects the inventor's idea by

making the community known

INTERNATIONAL NOVELTY VERIFICATION

It is an approval and review that increases daily

and can take years for approval

MARIO ALVAREZ ROMERO- GRUPO: 212032_63

Octubre 02- 2020