What are the types of patents and the duration of protection in Turkey?

1. Invention patent: the protection period of invention patent after substantive examination is 20 years, and that without substantive examination is 7 years.

2. Utility model: from the date of application 10 year.

3. Design: from the date of application 10 year.

The Turkish Patent Office (TPI) conducts substantive examination of invention patents and formal examination of utility model and design patents.

Turkey's patent law defines design as: "Design refers to a new design that is aesthetic and suitable for industrial application based on the shape, pattern or their combination and the combination of color, shape and pattern of a product."

The protected new design should be original. For complex product design, only the appearance design is novel and original can it be protected.