Average process time for Services of Design Office
SN |
Type / nature of office action |
Average time for disposal (working days) |
1 |
Issuance of Acknowledgement Receipt on filing application. This includes following steps:
|
One week |
2 |
Issuance of 1st Examination Report on application \. This includes following steps:
|
Three months |
3 |
Review Action on reply received from the applicant |
One month |
4 |
Registration and subsequent publication on compliance of all legal / codal requirements. This includes following steps:
|
Two months |
5 |
Accumulated time from Filing To Registration of Design applied for |
Six months |
6 |
Design Search Report from request on form D-20/21 |
One month |
7 |
Miscellaneous requests where hearing is NOT required such as;
|
One month |
8 |
Process time to decide Design Cancellation proceedings |
One year |