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Innovation Patents
Filing an Innovation Patent Application
Innovation patents are suitable for protecting lower level inventions, which cannot be protected by standard patents. They were introduced to give inventors a cheaper and quicker alternative to the standard patent.
Once a complete application for an innovation patent is filed, the application will immediately be checked to see if it is formatted correctly and the drawings are of good quality. A patent will be granted if all these formal matters are in order.
No examination of the subject matter is made, other than to ensure that it is not in respect of human beings, plants and animals or biological processes for the generation of these.
Patent Granted
The patent will be granted for a term of 8 years, subject to annual renewals being paid, but the patentee will not be permitted to enforce their rights under the patent.
To enforce the rights, the patent must be examined (similar to a standard patent) and then certified by the Patent Office.
Australian Innovation Patent Application
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