Utility model
We file a utility model with SAPI for your functional improvement: the practical innovation that gives you an edge and deserves protection from copies. From $280.
Requesting a quote doesn't commit you to anything
- You tell us about your case. It's free.
- We send you the price in writing, within 1 to 3 hours.
- You decide. If it works for you, we start. If not, you delete it with one click and pay nothing.
No one will pressure you. Your information is used only for your case.
Is it for you?
If any of these sounds like you, this procedure is for you.
- Inventors, workshops, small businesses and entrepreneurs with a practical functional improvement to an object or tool who want to protect it through a utility model, a more accessible route than a full patent
What's included and what isn't
Everything clear from the start. No fine print.
Includes
- Analysis of whether your improvement qualifies as a utility model.
- Help describing the functional advantage.
- Preparation and filing of the application with SAPI.
- Follow-up on the case file.
Does not include
- An invention patent, if your creation is a full invention (separate service: Invention patent). We can handle it separately:Municipal permits →
- An industrial design, if what you're protecting is the appearance (separate service: Industrial design registration).
- Technical experts and technical drawings the case may require (quoted separately).
- SAPI's fees, which are separate.
What you need
Check off what you already have. You don't need everything to request your quote.
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- Description of your object or tool and its improvement
- The functional advantage it offers over what already exists
- Whether you've already disclosed or sold it (key for novelty)
- Details of the creator and the owner
- Your contact details so we can coordinate as soon as possible
How the process works
You do very little. We take care of the rest.
- Step 1
We analyze your improvement
We see whether it qualifies as a utility model.
We do this - Step 2
We describe the advantage
We help with the functional part.
We do this - Step 3
We file the application
We submit it to SAPI.
We do this - Result
Done
We follow the case file until a decision is issued.
You receive it
It's a technical procedure; SAPI (Venezuela's intellectual property office) sets the timelines, with publication in the Industrial Property Bulletin (where applications are published).
What it costs and how to pay
There are two separate payments, and we want you to see them clearly.
Our fee: we do all the work for you.
SAPI's fees. It goes straight to the agency, and we give you the exact amount, with its receipt, before you pay anything.
How you pay: 50% when we start and 50% on delivery. In dollars, in bolívares at the official BCV exchange rate, or with Cashea.
How is your investment calculated?
Your investment covers our handling of the utility model. What you pay us, professional fees from $280 to analyze, describe the advantage and file the application with follow-up. It goes up with complexity
Technical experts and SAPI's fees are separate Your lawyer gives you the exact figure before you pay anything, no strings attached.
FAQ
What happens if I improved a product and don't protect the improvement?
Any competitor can copy it legally. A utility model protects that functional improvement with less demanding requirements than a patent, but you have to file before you show it.
How is it different from a patent?
A utility model protects functional improvements, with less demanding requirements.
How much does it cost?
The professional fee, from $280, covers preparing the case file and filing the application with SAPI; SAPI's fee and the technical drawings are separate.
Can I show it before filing?
It's not a good idea: novelty applies here too.
Who is it for?
Workshops, small businesses, incremental innovation.
About this procedure
Not every innovation is a major invention, and the law recognizes that. A utility model protects functional improvements: a change in the shape, structure or arrangement of an object, tool or utensil that gives it a practical advantage it didn't have before. Think of a tool's redesigned handle that makes it safer, or a part configured so it works more efficiently. It isn't a revolutionary invention, but it is an improvement that gives you a competitive edge and deserves protection.
The value of a utility model is that it offers a more accessible route to protection than a full invention patent, with somewhat less demanding requirements, designed precisely for the incremental innovation you find everywhere in workshops, small businesses and startups. And it shares the patent's golden rule: novelty. If you disclose or sell your improvement before you file, you risk losing the right to protect it, so the rule here is the same: file first, show later.
We assess and protect your improvement: we analyze whether it qualifies as a utility model, help you describe the functional advantage clearly, and file the application with SAPI, with follow-up on the case file. The price starts at $280 and is adjusted to the complexity. A lawyer reviews your situation and confirms with you before we start, no strings attached.
Legal framework and important notes
Ley de Propiedad Industrial (Industrial Property Law)
- It protects functional improvements to objects or tools. It's a more accessible route than an Invention patent, with less demanding requirements.
- Novelty rules. File before you disclose it or you may lose the right.
- It's different from an industrial design, which protects appearance.
- SAPI's fees are separate.
We guarantee our service, not what the agency decides. If something depends on them, we tell you clearly and in time.
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