Guide to Apply for Accelerated Patent Publication in Indonesia

Under normal circumstances, the publication of a Patent application is carried out no later than 18 months after the application’s filing date. However, Applicants may request accelerated publication, allowing the application to be announced earlier, namely, 6 months from the filing date. How can this be done?

 

Requirements for Accelerated Publication

 

To utilize the accelerated publication procedure, the Applicant must complete the following steps. Please note, this procedure does not apply to Utility Model applications:

 

1. Submit a Request Letter for Accelerated Publication to the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP).
2. Provide the reasons why the publication needs to be accelerated.
3. Pay the official fee for acceleration in accordance with the applicable tariff.

 

Official Fee (Latest Tariff)

 

According to the latest Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) tariff from DGIP, the fee for filing an accelerated publication request is IDR 500,000 per application.

 

This fee does not include consultant service fees for handling the Patent application.

 

Procedure

 

1. File the Patent application as usual and ensure that a filing date has been obtained.
2. Prepare a Request Letter for Accelerated Publication containing the application details, reasons for acceleration, and the Applicant’s/Attorney’s signature.
3. Pay the acceleration fee of IDR 500,000.
4. Upload the request documents and proof of payment through the DGIP system (Post-Application Patent Services).
5. DGIP will process and publish the application six months after the filing date.

 

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