March 14, 2007

Nazli Korkut, Patent and Trademark Attorney

Search And Examination Performed By The T.P.I.

The Turkish Patent Institute (T.P.I) has announced that as from January 1, 2005 for patent applications, the T.P.I. could also be chosen as Search/Examination Authority as well as four other foreign Search/Examination Authorities (EPO –performs only search-, Austrian Patent Office, Danish Patent Office, Swedish Patent Office and Russian Patent Office). The Turkish patent applications which are examined and no discrepancy has been found in formal terms according to the Implementing Regulations of the Decree-Law no. 551 would also be subject to a further evaluation by the in-house technical team and the applicant will be advised whether search/examination of the subject application can also be performed by the T.P.I. For the full chart listing the available search/examination authorities and the related fees please visit “Informative Documents/ Search Examination Authorities and Their Fees – 2007”.