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1. Why should you register the inventions of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engine plants?

Firstly, we would like to explain the importance of the registration or invention of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engine plants. Inventions in general and inventions of combustion engines, in particular, have had so many impacts on human society throughout history. There are many companies that invested a lot of money in researching and inventing new technologies but there are also some others that always try to copy or even steal the inventions without investing anything. This can cause the situation of unfair competition in the market and damage the economy. Therefore, the protection of invention should always be paid enough attention. One of the most effective ways to protect an invention is to register it with a competent state agency, thus ensuring a legal protect along with other great benefits as below:

- The owner of a patented invention is entitled sole right to exclude other parties from making, using or selling the invention. Only the owner can exploit the invention and apply it in the manufacturing or selling or particular products or services. This is a great competitive advantage to help a company to establish a leading and exclusive position in the market.

- If there is any dispute related to the invention, the patent is the only evidence that you have to provide to prove your rightful ownership of the invention. If you have not registered the invention, it will cost much more time, money and effort to resolve the dispute, and you may lose your invention. Moreover, the patent is also the legal basis for the competent state agencies to handle any infringement of any party that violates your exclusive rights.

- Especially in the area of products of engines, the registration of invention can bring huge revenue for the company. First, it will help the company to make specific products that have very high values because of the exclusive right and innovativeness. Second, the customers are also often attracted by new technologies, so you will have more chance to sell products that are based on the invention.

- The owner of the invention can also get more profit from transferring or licensing the invention. Especially, the licensing method is a good option when you can receive passive income, but at the same time, you can still control the competition and be able to commercialize the invention by yourself.

- The patent will also help your company to create a good impression on business partners and investors because of the professional, thus increasing the chance to be successful in fundraising, finding business partners or operating new business cooperative projects.

2. What are inventions of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engine plants?

There are actually two types of invention that are recognized by law: invention and utility solution. An invention/utility solution is a technical solution that is invented by man in the form of a product or a process to solve a number of identified problems through the application of natural laws. Invention/utility solution registration is an administrative procedure processed by the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) to determine ownership of a certain subject to an invention/utility solution.

According to the intellectual property law, a technical solution is an invention/utility solution only when it meets the general requirements as below:

- It is new;

- It is creative; and

- It is capable of industrial application.

When registering an invention, the invention will be described and sorted out into certain Classes according to the International Patent Classification (IPC) based on the characteristics of the invention. According to the newest version of the IPC, inventions of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engines plants are classified into Class F02, Section F. This Class mainly contains the following areas of technical solutions:

- Internal-combustion piston engines; combustion engines in general;

- Gas-turbine plants; air intakes for jet-propulsion plants; controlling fuel supply in air-breathing jet-propulsion plants;

- Controlling combustion engines;

- Cylinders, pistons, or casing for combustion engines; arrangements of sealings in combustion engines;

- Hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engines plants;

- Use of waste heat of combustion engines;

- Jet-propulsion plants;

- Supplying of combustion engines; starting aids for such engines;

- Ignition, other than compression ignition, for internal-combustion engines; testing of ignition timing in compression ignition engines;

3. How to register the inventions of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engine plants in Vietnam?

A dossier for registration inventions of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engines plants in Vietnam shall include the following documents and papers:

- 02 registration forms, made in accordance with the prescribed form;

- 02 detail descriptions of the invention, including illustrations of the invention (if any);

- Request of protection for the invention;

- Receipt of payment of fees;

- A contract or a letter of authorization for the representative organization to file the application (if the application owner authorizes an industrial property representative organization)

4. The process of registration for inventions of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engine plants in Vietnam?

The applicant shall file the invention registration application to the NOIP in Ha Noi or representative offices of NOIP in Da Nang city or Ho Chi Minh city, wherever it is convenient. After that, the NOIP will appraise the application through the following process:

Stage 1: Appraisal of the form of the patent application (about 01 month).

Stage 2: Publication of the patent application in the Industrial Property Official Gazette (normally 18 months from the submitting date).

Stage 3: Appraisal of the content of the patent application (normally 18 months from the publishing date).

Stage 4: Issuance of an Invention/Utility solution patent, (about 03 months after the applicant paid all the fees and charges promptly).

5. Where to register the inventions of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engine plants in Vietnam?

Under the Vietnamese law on intellectual property, foreign invention owners (including companies, organizations or individuals) can only apply their inventions in Vietnam through industrial property representative organizations like Minh Khue Law Firm. Minh Khue Law Firm was licensed and certified as an industrial property representative in Vietnam from August 2017, with the representative code is 226. We helped a lot of clients register their inventions successfully in Vietnam as well as in other countries in the world.

The Intellectual Property Department of Minh Khue Law Firm will carry out all the procedures for the client. Our office based in Room 2007, 20th Floor, C2 Building, Vincom Tran Duy Hung, Tran Duy Hung Street, Trung Hoa Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi city.

The person in charge of the Intellectual Property Department of Minh Khue Law Firm:

Lawyer: To Thi Phuong Dzung

Email: dung@luatminhkhue.vn;

Phone number: + 84986 386 648

The completed register dossier will be submitted at: National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam.

Address: 384-386 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan Trung, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi

6. Contact to register the inventions of combustion engines, hot-gas or combustion-product engine plants in Vietnam?

Please contact: Minh Khue Law Company Limited

Address: Room 2007, C2 building, Vincom Tran Duy Hung, Trung Hoa ward, Cau Giay district, Ha Noi city.

Phone number: + 84986 386 648 - Lawyer: To Thi Phuong Dzung

Email: dung@luatminhkhue.vn

Best Regards,

Intellectual Property Department - Minh Khue Law Company Limite