Turkmenistan

General information

Valid Nice Classification – NCL 12-2023.

Registration period – about 26-29 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 3-4 months after filing fee payment	Formal examination request Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Examination on Absolute Ground for Refusal	about 20-21 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 3-4 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).

Turkmenistan

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, 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.); new use of known device, process, substance, strain.

Limited patent for invention (utility model)

Registration period –1-2 years from the application filing date.

Confirmation document – Certificate.

Term of validity – 5 years from the application filing date.

What can be protected: product (device, substance, microorganism strain, plant and animal cell culture, etc.); new use of known device, process, substance, strain.

Procedure

Invention

Step	Term	Official Notification	Deadline
Application Filing	1 day	Notification with registration number, applicant name, filing date and time	Direct filing with claiming priority – 12 months from priority date PCT national phase entry in Turkmenistan – 31 months from priority date
Formal Examination	2 months from application filing date	Formal examination request / Notification on formal examination completion	Response to formal examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Preliminary Examination	18 months from application filing date	Preliminary examination request / Notification on preliminary examination completion	Response to preliminary examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Substantive Examination	1-4 years after filing request for substantive examination	Substantive examination request / Decision on grant/refusal	Filing request for substantive examination – within 5 years from application filing date Response to substantive examination request – 2 months from date of reception
Publication and Grant	within 6 months from 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

Limited patent for invention (utility model)

Step	Term	Official Notification	Deadline
Application Filing	1 day	Notification with registration number, applicant name, filing date and time	Direct filing with claiming priority – 12 months from priority date PCT national phase entry in Turkmenistan – 31 months from priority date
Formal Examination	2 months from application filing date	Formal examination request / Notification on formal examination completion	Response to formal examination request – 2 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

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 Turkmen (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 3 months from the date of filing.

Turkmenistan

General information

Registration period – 9 to 12 months.

Confirmation document – Certificate of industrial design.

Validity period – 5 years from the date of the application filing, with a possible extension for 1-2 five-year terms (overall no more than 15 years).

What can be protected as an industrial design: artistic and design solutions that determine the appearance of the product.

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

Procedure

Stage	Duration	Results of the stage	Necessary actions
Application filing	1 day	Notification of the application filing date and application number	To pay filing fees and to submit application translation
Priority establishment (optional)	within 2-3 months from the filing date	Notification of establishment of priority	To claim priority, submit certified copy of the priority application and its translation – at the filing date or within 2 months from the filing date
Formal examination	within 3 months from the filing date	Written opinion on the application with comments on finalizing the application materials, making clarifications, eliminating inconsistencies, etc. Decision on successful completion of the Formal examination	To submit response to Written opinion
Substantive examination	within 6 months from the filing date	Written opinion of the Substantive examination Decision on state registration of an industrial design	To submit response to Written opinion of the Substantive examination
Publication and state registration	—	Publication of information about the application and appearance of the industrial design in the Official bulletin Registration in the State Register of Certificates	To pay publication fees and registration fees
Certificate issuance	—	Certificate reception	—
Annuity	within 5^th year of validity period	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 photographs showing the product, a mock-up or a drawing that gives a complete detailed understanding of the appearance of the product, a drawing of the general appearance of the product, an ergonomic diagram, a assembly map, etc.

4. Power of attorney for a representative in intellectual property (does not require legalization or notarization).

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

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