Filing Patents & Trademarks in Thailand

A Thai Patent is effective for a term of: 20 years (from the filing date)

Design patents are effective for a term of: 10 years

Approximate Patent Application processing time: 5 years.

Member of the Paris Convention: No

Member of the PCT: No

Member Countries from the World Trade Organization have 1 year priority.

Thailand Patent and Trademark Office: Department of Intellectual Property (DIP)

   1. Patent Filing
   2. Preliminary Examination
   3. Publication
   4. Request for Substantive Examination (must be requested within 5 years from the date of publication)
   5. Acceptance (Notice of Allowance) or rejection.
   6. Registration Fees.
   7. Payment of the annuities starts the 5th year.

The capital and largest city of Thailand is Bangkok. It is also the country's center of political, commercial, industrial and cultural activities. Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit is known in Thai as "Krung Thep Mahanakorn," or, more colloquially, "Krung Thep", meaning "City of Angels". Outside of Thailand, the city is known throughout the world as Bangkok.

Thailand is the world's 51st-largest country in terms of total area, roughly equal in size to Spain, with a surface area of approximately 513,000 km2 (198,000 sq mi), and the 20th most-populous country, with approximately 63 million people. About 75% of the population is ethnically Thais, 14% is of Chinese origin, and 3% is ethnically Malay,[2] the rest belong to minority groups including Mons, Khmers, and various hill tribes. The country's official language is Thai.