Patent Office

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Does anyone know the whereabouts of the Patent office in Bangkok?

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Contact Information

Thailand

Copyright Offices

CountryThailand

Competent administrationDepartment of Intellectual Property

Ministry of CommerceWeb site addresshttp://www.ipthailand.org

Address44/100 Nonthaburi 1 Rd.

Bangkrasor, Muang

Nonthaburi 11000

Telephone(66 2) 547 4621 to 25

Telefax(66 2) 547 4696

Title and name of headDirector-General / Directeur général: Mrs. Pajchima Thanasanti

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What have you invented?

[Sunbelt Asia]

Submitting a patent application requires that the application be compliant with quite a few regulations and must qualify in the following manner:

For an invention to be patentable, it must

Have novelty

Involve an inventive step

Be capable of being made or used for some kind of production activity

The revised Patents Act lists the following as not patentable:

Microbes and any components thereof which exist naturally; animal, plant and extracted substances from animals or plants

Scientific or mathematical rules or theories

Computer programs

Methods of diagnoses, treatment and care of human and animal diseases

Eligibility for submitting patent application:

(1) being a Thai national or a juristic person having its headquarters located in Thailand;

(2) being a national of a country party to a convention or an international agreement on patent protection to which Thailand is also a party;

(3) being a national of a country which allows Thai nationals or juristic persons having their headquarters to apply for patents in that country

(4) being domiciled or having a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in Thailand or a country party to a convention or an international agreement on patent protection to which Thailand is also a party.

Every application for a patent must have:

(1) a representation of the design

(2) an indication of the product for which the design is to be used

(3) a clear and concise claim

(4) other items prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations

The Department of Intellectual Property at the Ministry of Commerce is found at

44/100 Sanambinnam Road

Bangkraso, Muang Nonthaburi

Nonthaburi, Thailand 11000

Contact : 662-5474620

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