REQUIREMENTS FOR PATENT APPLICATIONS IN MOLDOVA


Documents which must be filed at the time of filing of the application:

1. The application form stating:

a. the applicant's full name, domicile and address;

b. the inventor's full name, domicile and address;

c. the description of the invention and the specification of the invention containing:

the title of the invention;
the field of the invention;
the description of related art (background of the invention);
the detailed description (disclosure) of the subject matter of the invention;
2.The list of drawings or other illustrative material, if any;

3.The examples of implementation of the invention;.



Information and documents which must be filed within two months of the filing date:

1. The abstract of the invention.

2. Official fee payment confirmation.

3. The Power of Attorney (notarization is not necessary). The Power of Attorney must indicate the date and place of signature, the applicant's full name and status of the signing official, and the stamp.

4. Priority data (date, No. of the initial application, the country of priority), in case the conventional priority is claimed.



Documents which must be filed within three months of the filing date:

The copy of the initial application.
The document certifying the deposit of a microorganism strain, if the subject of the invention is a microorganism strain.