Patent Filings
(For Overseas Applicants)
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TIME LIMIT

• ​Paris Convention Filing:  12 months from earliest claimed priority
• PCT National Phase Entry: 31 months from earliest claimed priority (an extension time of 12 months can be obtained -upon payment of a fee- for entering the national phase).
• Substantive examination request:  36 months from the International Filing Date or Convention Filing Date
• Divisional application:  ​before the issuance of decision on grant of patent or decision of refusal of application.

FILING REQUIREMENTS

1. Title of Invention;
2. Full name, nationality and address of applicant(s);
3. Full name, nationality and address of inventor(s);
4. For a PCT National Phase application: PCT Number and International Filing Date;
5. For a Convention application: Priority Data (Countries, Numbers and Dates) + certified copy of priority document (with English translation if not in English);
6. For a PCT National Phase application, PCT Publication Document including ISR;
7. Special Power of Attorney* simply signed by the applicants (no legalization is necessary). For corporate applicant, please clearly indicate full name and title of the signatory;
8. A simply signed Statement of Invention Ownership (By Inventors);
9. A simply signed Assignment* from inventor(s) to applicant(s), where the applicant is not the inventor;
10. Description, claims, abstract and drawings – in .docx format (with English translation if not in English);
11. Sequence, if any;
12. Instrument of assignment of the international application if the applicant has changed after the international filing date;
13. Document evidencing a change of name/address of the applicant if the change occurred after the international filing date and has not been reflected in a notification from the International Bureau (Form PCT/IB/306);

Note:

• For a Convention application, the certified copy of priority document (with English translation if not in English) must be submitted not later than 16 months as from the priority date. If the term is not fulfilled by the applicant, the application is deemed to be filed without Priority Right;
• For PCT National Phase, PCT details including any Article 19 or Article 34 amendments – in English;
• if any of those parts has been amended, both as originally filed and as amended by the annexes to the international preliminary examination report;
• Indonesian Patent Office does not accept requests for restoration of the right of priority (PCT Rule 49ter.2);
• If an invention is already filed outside Indonesia via the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the title of the invention stated in the Indonesian national phase application should align with the title as documented with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
• The bibliographic details provided in the national phase application should correspond exactly to the information from the PCT international phase as documented on WIPO's website.

Late Filing of Documents

• Power of Attorney, Statement and Assignment from Inventor(s) to Applicant(s) can be submitted within 3 months as from the local filing date. 
• Indonesian translation must be filed within 1 month of date of entry into national phase

Last Update: 2/7/2023

T O O L S

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Form for entry into Indonesia/the national phase (For overseas applicants)

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PCT Time Limit Calculator

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