• Trademark
  • Patent
  • Design
Regions
Kazakhstan

 

General information

Valid Nice Classification – NCL 12-2023.

Registration period – about 10-12 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 1 month Official notification on priority date
Substantive Examination within 8 months Official notification on grant/refusal
Publication and Grant 1 month after grant fees payment Certificate

 

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).

Kazakhstan

 

General information

Invention

Registration period – about 3-5 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 or pesticide, 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 a material object with material resources); including use of a product or method for a new purpose and use of a new product for the specific purpose.

Utility model

Registration period – about 10-12 months from application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Term of validity – 5 years from the application filing date. Patent for utility model can be extended for additional 3 years.

What can be protected: product (device, substance, microorganism strain, plant and animal cell culture, etc.); method (process of affecting a material object with material resources); including use of a product or method for a new purpose and use of a new product for the specific purpose; with the exception of diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical methods for treating humans or animals.

 

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

PCT national phase entry in Kazakhstan – 31 months from priority date
Formal Examination 4-6 months from application filing date Formal examination request / Notification on formal examination completion Response to formal examination request – 3 months from date of reception
Substantive Examination 2-4 years after filing request for substantive examination Substantive examination request / Decision on grant/refusal Filing request for substantive examination – within 3 months after reception of notification on formal examination completion

Response to substantive examination request – 3 months from date of reception
Publication and Grant within 6 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 for each subsequent year are paid during previous year

First annuity payment includes payment for previous years starting from application filing date

 

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

PCT national phase entry in Kazakhstan – 31 months from priority date
Formal Examination 4-6 months from application filing date Formal examination request / Notification on formal examination completion Response to formal examination request – 3 months from date of reception
Publication and Grant within 6 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 for each subsequent year are paid during previous year

First annuity payment includes payment for previous years starting from application filing date

 

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 Kazakh (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 6 months from the date of filing.

Kazakhstan

 

General information

Registration period – about 12 months.

Confirmation document – Certificate of industrial design.

Validity period – 10 years from the application filing date, with possible extension of the term for one or more five-year periods (in total, not more than 25 years from the application filing date).

What can be protected as an industrial design: artistic and design solution for handicraft and handicraft manufacturing, which signifies the original look of the product.

Official language – application materials are submitted in Kazakh or Russian language, and all paperwork is conducted in Kazakh or Russian language.

Specific feature of the Certificate – the certificate holder is obliged to use the design on the territory of Kazakhstan.

 

Procedure

Stage Duration Results of the stage Necessary actions
Application filing 1 day Notification of application filing date and application number To pay filing fees – at filing date or within 2 months from filing date

 

To submit translation of application materials into Kazakh or Russian language – within 2 months from filing date
Priority establishment (optional) within 2-6 months from filing date Notification of priority establishment To submit priority claim – at filing date or within 2 months from filing date

 

To submit copy of priority application – within 6 months from filing date
Preliminary examination within 2-5 months from filing date Examination request to make clarifications, eliminate inconsistencies, etc

 

Notification of formal examination results

 To submit response to Examination request – within 3 months from reception date
Substantive examination within 2-6 months after Notification of formal examination results Request for additional information

 

Request of substantive examination

 

Decision on state registration

 To pay fee for the substantive examination – within 3 months after Notification of formal examination results

To submit response to substantive examination request – within 3 months from reception date
State registration 12 months from filing date Registration in National Register of Designs To pay registration, publication and grant fees – within 3 months from Decision on state registration
Publication of information on state registration 12 months from filing date Publication of registration information in Official Bulletin —
Certificate grant after publication Certificate reception —
Annuity every year Notification of expiration

 

Notification of registration of annuity fees

 To submit request for extension of validity period – within last year of validity

 

To pay fees – within last year of validity

 

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, that gives a complete idea of the product – drawings of the general appearance of the product, photos, drawings, assembly map, etc.

4. Power of attorney for a representative in intellectual property (no legalization or notarization required).

5. Priority claim with reference to the filing date, the number of the previous application and the name of the country or institution where it was submitted, as well as a certified copy of the previous application issued by the institution that received it, and a translation of the copy of the application (if priority is established).

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