Kyrgyzstan

General information

Valid Nice Classification – NCL 12-2023.

Registration period – about 14-17 months from the application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Procedure features – from the application filing date it is necessary to regularly monitor trademark applications to check whether any of them conflict with your trademark.

Procedure

Step	Term	Official Notification
Application Filing	1 day	Notification with entry number, applicant name, filing date and time
Formal Examination	within 4 months after filing fees payment	Formal examination request Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Examination on Absolute Ground for Refusal	about 9-10 months after formal examination	Notification on provisional refusal Response to notification on provisional refusal – 2 months from date of reception
Registration	within 2 months after examination on absolute ground for refusal	Invitation for payment registration and publication fees
Publication	within 2-3 months	Certificate and publicated trade mark

Requirements

1. Applicant information – full name / title and registered office / registration address.
2. Trademark images and/or verbal elements, etc.
3. Priority document must be submitted within 3 months from the application filing date.
4. Translation of the priority document into Russian (we prepare by ourselves) must be submitted within 3 months from the application filing date.
5. Power of Attorney (scanned copy without legalization).

Kyrgyzstan

General information

Invention

Registration period – about 2-4 years from the application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Term of validity – 20 years from the application filing date. Patent for invention can be extended for additional 5 years if the patent object is a medicinal product, pesticide or agrochemical, or when the product use requires permission of the competent authority.

What can be protected: product (device, substance, microorganism strain, plant and animal cell culture, etc.); method (process of affecting material object with material resources), including use of the product or method for the specific purpose (for example, for treating diseases).

Utility model

Registration period – about 12-18 months from the application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Term of validity – 8 years from the application filing date.

What can be protected: device.

Procedure

Invention

Step	Term	Official Notification	Deadline
Application Filing	1 day	Notification with registration number, applicant name, date and time of filing	Direct filing with claiming priority – 12 months from priority date
Formal Examination	1 month from application filing date	Formal examination request / Notification on formal examination completion	Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Substantive Examination	30 months after filing request for substantive examination	Notification on patentability verification results / Request for substantive examination / Decision on grant/refusal	Filing request for substantive examination – within 3 years from application filing date Response to substantive examination request – 2 months from date of reception Response to notification on patentability verification results – 6 months from date of reception
Publication and Grant	within 2 months after grant fees payment	Certificate	Payment of grant and publication fees – 3 months from reception of grant decision
Maintenance	annually	Invitation to pay annuity fees	Annuity fees are paid from the third year, counting from application filing date Annuity fees for each subsequent year are paid during previous year

Utility model

Step	Term	Official Notification	Deadline
Application Filing	1 day	Notification with registration number, applicant name, date and time of filing	Direct filing with claiming priority – 12 months from priority date
Formal Examination	2-3 months after filing fees payment	Formal examination request / Decision on grant/refusal	Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Publication and Grant	about 2 months after grant fees payment	Certificate	Payment of grant and publication fees – 2 months from reception of grant decision
Maintenance	annually	Invitation to pay annuity fees	Annuity fees payment – during last 4 months of current year of validy

Requirements

1. Applicant information – full name / title and registered office.
2. Inventor information – full name and registration address.
3. Number of International publication (for PCT procedure) or application materials: claims, description, abstract, drawings (for non-PCT procedure; international application was not published).
4. Translation of the application into Russian or Kyrgyzstan (we prepare by ourselves) must be submitted within 2 months from the date of filing.
5. Power of Attorney (no legalization or notarization required) must be submitted within 2 months from the date of filing.
6. Certified copy of the priority application (if priority is claimed) must be submitted within 16 months from the date of filing.

Kyrgyzstan

General information

Registration period – 6 to 12 months.

Confirmation document – Certificate of industrial design.

Validity period – 10 years with a possible extension of the term for no more than 5 years.

What can be protected as an industrial design: decorative or aesthetic aspect (design) of products – a wide variety of industrial or artisanal products.

Official language – application materials are submitted in Kyrgyz or Russian and all prosecution is conducted in Kyrgyz or Russian.

Procedure

Stage	Duration	Results of the stage	Necessary actions
Application filing	1 day	Notification of reception of the application materials with the entry number and date of the application reception	To pay filing fees – at the filing date To submit translation of the application materials – within 3 months from the filing date
Priority establishment (optional)	—	Notification of establishment of priority	To claim priority – at the filing date or within 2 months from the filing date To submit copy of the priority application – within 4 months from the filing date
Formal examination	within 2 months from the filing date	Request of missing and/or corrected materials Notification of acceptance of the application for consideration with the filing date and application number	To submit response to the request – within 2 months from the request date
Preliminary examination (if you do not want to order substantive examination) or Substantive examination	within 4 months within 12 months from the date of requesting substantive examination	Decision on state registration of an industrial design within applicant responsibility Written opinion of the Substantive examination Decision on state registration of an industrial design	To submit request for substantive examination – at the filing date or within 12 months from the filing date (if you want to request substantive examination) To submit response to Written opinion of substantive examination
State registration	—	Registration in the State Register of Industrial Designs	To pay registration and issuance fees – within 2 months from the decision date
Publication of information on state registration	—	Publication of information about the industrial design in the Official bulletin	—
Certificate issuance	—	Certificate reception	—
Annuity	annually	Notification of annuity fee reception	To pay annuity fees

Requirements

1. Information about the applicant – full name / address of permanent residence, name of the legal entity / address of registration of the legal entity.

2. Information about the author(s) – full name, address of permanent residence.

3. A set of images of the product, that gives a complete and detailed understanding of its appearance; drawing of the general appearance of the product, ergonomic diagram, assembly map, if they are necessary for disclosure of the essence of the industrial design.

4. Power of attorney for a representative in intellectual property.

5. Priority claim with reference to the date of the previous application filing and previous application number, and a copy of the previous application and its translation into Kyrgyz and Russian languages (if priority is established).

6. A document confirming the display of an industrial design at exhibitions held on the territory of a state that is a participant of the Paris Convention.

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