In accordance with Cooperation between the State Intellectual Property Office of China and the Cambodian Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, it allows holders of Chinese invention patents to validate their rights in Cambodia, essentially granting them a Cambodian patent simply by filing the necessary documents with the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft. Namely, the applicable cost, document requirements are basically the same as a patent application based on the Paris Convention.
In accordance with the Cooperation, upon request of the applicant, the Chinese patent application which have been granted with the application date is made after January 22, 2003, are eligible for entry into force in Cambodia. The patent protection can be obtained in Cambodia upon examination by the ministry of industry and industry of Cambodia. Accordingly, the Chinese patent application could enjoy the same application date and duration of patent right protection in Cambodia. Namely, the validated patent will be valid in Cambodia for the remaining term of the Chinese patent, which is 20 years from the original filing date.
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