Read more on InsightIn summaryThis article offers a detailed overview of the patent prosecution process under the Turkish Industrial Property Law. When requested, the search report is issued within six months from the request date (or from the date formal deficiencies are corrected). AnnuitiesThe annual fees required for the patent application or the protection of the patent must be paid in advance every year throughout the patent protection period, starting from the third year from the application date. 6769, the patent owner is obliged to use the patent in three consecutive years as of the publication of the grant of the patent in the Official Patents Bulletin or four years from the patent application date. However, therapeutic and diagnostic methods applied directly to the human or animal body are excluded from patent protection.