Worldwide Revocation Mechanisms
Country | Third Party Observation and Protest | Pre-grant Opposition | Post-grant Opposition | Re-examination (ex parte) | Re-examination (inter partes) | Administrative Revocation and Invalidation |
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Australia | √ | √ | √ | |||
Brazil | √ | |||||
Canada | √ | √ | ||||
China | √ | √ | ||||
Costa Rica | √ | √ | ||||
Croatia | √ | |||||
Denmark | √ | √ | √ | |||
Dominican Republic | √ | √ | √ | |||
Egypt | √ | |||||
Finland | √ | √ | ||||
Germany | √ | √ | ||||
Guatemala | √ | |||||
Honduras | √ | |||||
Hungary | √ | √ | ||||
India | √ | √ | ||||
Japan | √ | √ | ||||
Mexico | √ | √ | ||||
Mongolia | √ | |||||
Norway | √ | √ | √ | |||
Pakistan | √ | √ | √ | |||
Philippines | √ | √ | ||||
Portugal | √ | √ | √ | |||
Republic of Belarus | √ | |||||
Republic of Moldova | √ | |||||
Republic of Korea | √ | √ | √ (ex officio) | √ | ||
Russian Federation | √ | √ | ||||
Slovakia | √ | √ | ||||
Spain | √ | √ | ||||
Sweden | √ | |||||
United Kingdom | √ | √ | ||||
United States of America | √ | √ | √ | √ (inter partes review) | ||
Zambia | √ | |||||
EAPO | √ | |||||
EPO | √ | √ | ||||
PCT | √ |
*Reproduced from www.wipo.int
This article appeared in the June 2017 issue of Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter.
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