Offices & Countries / Estonia

The following data/documents are required for filing a PATENT application in Estonia:

In case of a Convention Patent application:

• Name(s) and address(es) of the author(s) and the applicants(s);
• Specification of the application (including description, the claims and an abstract);
• The drawings (if needed and if they are referred to in the specification);
• Power of attorney simply signed on behalf of the applicant(s) with indication of the full name and position of the signatory; neither legalization nor notarization is required;
• Certified copy of the first application(s);
• Document certifying the deposit of biological material (if such is the subject).

Notes:

• The maximal term of a patent validity amounts to 20 years from the date of filing the application with the Patent Office.
• When claiming Convention priority in Estonia the Estonian convention application should be filed at the Estonian Patent Office within 12 months after the filing date of the first application in a State - party to the Paris Convention.

In case of entering the national phase of a PCT application:

• All documents of PCT application as published including specification, claims, abstract, and drawings; filing date(s) and serial number(s) of the Priority application(s); full name and address of the Applicant; full name(s) and address(es) of the inventor(s);
• Power of Attorney;
• Document certifying the deposit of biological material (if such is the subject).

Note:

• PCT applications shall enter the National Phase within 31 months from the priority date