National Patents

The filing requirements are as follows:

1. Application in Romanian language. It must contain, if applicable, priority claim, mentioning country (countries), filing date(s) and number(s) of the application(s) whose priority is claimed; the application may (but need not) contain a request for early publication of the application, a request for drawing up a search report, and a request for substantive examination. If the declaration of the inventor is not given in the application, same may still be given until 15 months from the filing or priority date, failing which the application will be rejected. If Convention priority is to be claimed, same must be claimed on filing the application. A priority document is to be filed on filing the application, or within 3 months after the filing date.

2. Power of Attorney, signed by applicant. The power is to be filed on filing the application, or within 3 months thereafter. A general power of attorney, to be used for a plurality of cases for the same applicant, may be accepted. The Power of Attorney must not be legalized.

3. Specification, claims and abstract in Romanian language. Foreign applicants may, as mentioned above, if on justified grounds, first file the specification (as the claims and drawings) in another language, provided that a Romanian translation is filed within 2 months from filing the application.

4. Drawings, if any. The drawings must be made on sheets of international size A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) or, exceptionally and in special cases only, of international size A3 (42 x 29.7 cm). (Nevertheless, the US official size Letter will be copied through us on A4 size) On each side a margin must be observed of at least 2.5 cm. Frames or marginal lines are not allowed. The drawings must be made on tracing paper, white cardboard or another suitable material, provided that the drawings must always have the necessary contrast so as to enable the reproduction by electrostatic methods. Text matter is not allowed in drawings, except (where absolutely necessary) for a few brief legends, such as "water", "steam", "open", "closed", etc. and, in the case of schemes or diagrams, of a few short catchwords being indispensable for a proper understanding. Each word used in a drawing must be placed in such manner as to allow its replacing without covering any line of the drawing. The drawings have to contain reference signs indicating the constitutive elements, corresponding to their presentation in the specification. Reference signs not mentioned in the specification may not appear in the drawings, and vice versa. Reference signs relating to the same elements must be identical in the specification, claims and drawings. Schemes and diagrams are considered drawings; tables are not considered drawings.

5. If applicant is not the inventor, deed of assignment of the rights to the patent, including the priority rights, signed by the inventor, and certified by Notary Public, must be filed. In this case we will provide you in due time with such a deed of assignment.