| Applicants | Individuals and legal entities |
| Registrable | Inventions and utility models |
| Patentability criteria | For inventions: novelty, inventive step, industrial applicability
For utility models: novelty, industrial applicability |
| Objects of invention (utility model) | Inventions: product (device, substance, cell culture of plant and animal, microorganism strains); process (method)
Utility models: device; process (method) |
| Opposition process for inventions | During 6 months since the application is published |
| Post-grant opposition | Inventions: within 9 months from the date of patent grant
Utility models: within the whole validity term and after termination |
| Fee reduction | Reduced in case an inventor and an applicant are the same person:
Inventions: the discount is 90% Utility models: the discount 80% |
| Validity of invention (utility model) | Inventions: 20 years from the filing date
Utility models: 10 years from the filing date |
| Member of | PCT, Paris Convention |
| POA | Hard copy of the simply signed POA is required. No notarization or legalization is needed. |
| Patent Attorney | Required for non-resident applicants/holders |
| Customs | Only patented inventions can be entered into the Customs Register |
| Language | Ukrainian |
