From filing to grant

Yes. Natural or legal persons who do not have a residential address or place of business in Russia...

The request for grant must be filed in Russian. Other documents pertaining to the application may be...

Yes. Applicants may file one or more divisional applications at any time prior to the grant of a...

Inventions and utility models are subject to a prior-art search and to substantive examination. They...

The request for examination must be submitted within three years of the date of filing or (for PCT...

You can ask for your patent application to be published before the expiry of 18 months from the...

Yes. Observations by third parties are possible following amendments to the law in 2014 and 2015...

Applicants must respond to office actions within three months or within the extended period for...

Yes. It is possible to file separate patent and utility model applications for the same invention in...