APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION

Patents shall be granted for any inventions which are susceptible of industrial application, which are new and which involve an inventive step. The law allows three claim categories: products, process and devices. Use claims are not acceptable.

A patent application may be filed by any natural or legal person. Natural or legal persons not having either a residence or their principal place of business within the territory of Cuba must be represented by an agent in all proceedings before the Cuban Industrial Property Office.

In order to obtain a valid filing date the filed documents should at least content the name/address of the inventor/applicant, a description and one or more claims in Spanish language, drawings if any and abstract. The Power of Attorney form simply signed by the applicant and the Deed of Inventor´s Assignment may be filed in a term of 60 days counted from the filing date provided a surcharge is paid.

In order to obtain a valid filing date for PCT national phase applications the filed documents should at least content the same above-mentioned details. However the PCT application as original filed (or ammended) may be submitted in any of the PCT languages. Its translation into Spanish as well as the POA and the Deed of Inventor's Assignment may be filed in a term of 60 days counted from the filing date provided a surcharge is paid.

Cuba is member of the Paris Convention, therefore all other members of the Paris Union may benefit from the application of the article 4 (Right of Priority) in Cuba. Paris convention priority and its details must be claimed at the time of filing. Priority documents and its translation into Spanish can be filed in a term of three (3) months counted from the application date.

The examination is made automatically, therefore it is not subject to payment of additional fees. Accelerated examination procedure is not available.

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