Patents Application in Ecuador, utility models, industrial designs and schemes of integrated circuit design in Ecuador:

Our services:
» Presentation of patent registration appliance.
» Processing of PCT appliance in Ecuador.
» Answer to requirements for official actions.
» Renewal presentation.
» Contract inscription.
» Presentation of appliances for modification of registrations.
» Annual payment for right maintenance.
» Presentation of opposition, nullity, expiration or cancellation of registration and legal actions conceived to avoid unfair competence.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES:

» Presentation of patents applications in Ecuador.
The exclusive right of exploitation of a solution to a problem of the technique is obtained with its registration in the head office of the competent administrative authority. If is sought to be entitled exclusive of exploitation of an invention that confers us competitive advantages on the competition placing novel products in the market you should proceed with the registration. The administrative authority once examined the application will confer a patent of the invention in question for a period of twenty year starting from its presentation. Our team of lawyers has specialized in the presentation and total procedure of patents applications as an effective form of protection of the intellectual rights of our clients.

» Procedure of PCT applications in Ecuador.
We represent the interests of clients that located abroad and using the Patents Cooperation Treaty (PCT) they seek to make be worth their rights of patents in Ecuador in national phase.

» Inscription of contracts and licenses of use of patents in Ecuador.
If your strategy of penetration of markets consists on allowing that third use your patents, will require of the inscription of this use license in the head office of the competent administrative authority so that provides legal effects before third. For it not alone we can advise you in the writing of the respective contract of license of you patents, also we take charge of urging to the administrative authority so that inscribes and recognize this use license.

» Payments of annuities for the maintenance of the Rights in Ecuador.
To maintain effective the exclusive rights of a patent take implicit the payment of annuities to the competent administrative authority. We take charge of carrying the payments corresponding to the validity of the patents that allow the enjoyment appropriately of the intellectual rights of our clients.

» Presentation of legal resources refered patent in Ecuador.
Defending the interests of our clients has specialized in the presentation of oppositions, nullities, expiration or cancellation of registrations and legal actions dedicated to pursue acts of unfair competition that allow our clients an appropriate enjoyment of your rights of patents.

PROCEDURE FOR A PATENT APPLICATION IN ECUADOR:

The procedure for the registration of a patent in Ecuador has the following steps:

1. PRESENTATION OF THE PATENTS APPLICATION BEFORE THE ECUADORIAN INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (I.E.P.I) AND PAY RATE OF MAINTENANCE OF THE FIRST ANNUITY: By means of this step begins the process of the registration, the documentation that should be presented consists on the petition, where should be appear reflected the title of the invention, the applicant's identification and the inventor and the representative's identification or manager. A description, the abstract, should be presented the claims, the plane or drawings, copy of the patent application if this was presented in the exterior, and the voucher of payment of the rate presentation, as well as of the first annuity.

2. APPLICATION OF EXAM OF THE PATENT IN ECUADOR: By means of this step is urged to the Ecuadorian Institute of Property Intellectual (I.E.P.I) to that carries out the exam of the positive requirements of patentability: world novelty, inventive activity and industrial applicability, all that which should be accompanied by the corresponding payment voucher.

3. EMISSION AND OBTAINING OF THE TITLE OF PATENTS IN ECUADOR: Once made the exam and if this is positive the Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (I.E.P.I) emits the respective title of property about the invention, which has 20 year-old of duration, counted starting from the application date.

4. PAYMENTS OF THE RATES OF MAINTENANCES IN ECUADOR: During the 20 years of validity of the patent, the holder will make periodic payments for the maintenance of the validity of his rights, otherwise the expiration of the patent is declared and get lost the rights.

DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED:

For the registration of a patent PCT in Ecuador, the following documents are needed:

1. copy of the international application (that contains: description, claims, abstract, drawings and description of the drawings)

2. copy of the International Publication.

3. copy of the Search Report.

4. copy of the Report of Preliminary Exam.

5. Power of Attorney properly notarized and legalized in the Consulate of the Ecuador or using The Haya Agreement.

The documents will be properly translated to Spanish and the texts should be send us via e-mail in format Word and the drawings in format JPG.

The limits to present the applications so much in the Chapter I as Chapter II of the PCT it is of 31 months.

On the other hand for an application via national is required:

1. Description, claims, abstract, drawings and description of the drawings.

2. Power of Attorney properly notarized and legalized in the Consulate of the Ecuador or using The Haya Agreement.

3. Copy of the application presented in the country of origin of the patent.