Filing of an appeal against a decision taken during the examination

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  Step 1. Filing of the application

  Application filing methods:

  - at the Agency counter at the address: 24/1, Andrei Doga Str.,

  MD-2024, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova;

  - online, by accessing the link (https://e-servicii.agepi.gov.md/);

  - by e-mail, cerere@agepi.gov.md, (the application shall be deemed filed on the date of receipt of the e-mail, if AGEPI receives the original application within one month from the date of receipt of the e-mail, except for the electronic document signed with digital signature).

  Note: 1. Application filing form, depending on the subject-matter (trademark, industrial design, invention, etc.):

  
  

  

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  Step 2. Payment of the service

  - directly at the counter;

  - by bank transfer;

  - through the government electronic payment service MPay (https://mpay.gov.md). 

  
  

  

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  Step 3. Processing and Examination

  1) Receipt of the application;

  2) Verification of documents filed;

  3) Registration of data from documents in an electronic system, in the Register, etc.

  4) Examination of compliance with the conditions provided for in the Regulations on the Organization and Functioning of the Appeals Board in the Field of Intellectual Property and the Procedure for Examination of Appeals, approved by Government Decision No. 257/2009;

  5) Drafting of the appropriate notification (receipt/irregularities/admission for examination in the meeting, etc.);

  6) Organization of the Appeals Board meeting to examine the application;

  7) The proper examination in the meeting, hearings, etc.

  8) Adoption/drafting of the decision to admit/reject claims (where appropriate);

  9) Introduction into the database, registration in the Register;

  10) Publication of the examination results in the Official Bulletin of Intellectual Property (BOPI).

  
  

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  Step 4. Delivery of the decision of the AGEPI Appeals Board by mail (with acknowledgment of receipt) or receipt thereof at the counter.

  Expedierea hotărârii Comisiei de contestații AGEPI pe poștă (cu aviz de recepție) sau recepţionarea la ghişeu.