Brunei Darussalam, or Brunei for short, is located on the north coast of Borneo in Southeast Asia, with the capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan. The legal tender is the Brunei Dollar. Brunei's patents are divided into three categories: invention patents, utility model patents and designs. The term of protection of the invention patent shall be 20 years from the filing date; The term of protection for a utility model patent shall be 10 years from the date of filing; The protection period of the design is 5 years from the date of application and can be renewed twice for 5 years each time. Brunei patent applications accept the text of the application in Malay or English. The specific patent annual fee is as follows: