232.14 Federal Act of 25 June 1954 on Patents for Inventions (Patents Act, PatA)

232.14 Legge federale del 25 giugno 1954 sui brevetti d'invenzione (Legge sui brevetti, LBI)

Art. 147

1 Certificates may also be granted on the basis of patents that have lapsed at the end of their maximum term between 8 February 1997 and the Amendment to this Act of 9 October 1998291 coming into force.

2 The term of protection of the certificate is calculated in accordance with Article 140e; its effects do not begin until the publication of the application for the grant of a certificate.

3 The application must be filed within two months of the Amendment to this Act of 9 October 1998 coming into force. In the event that the time limit is not met, the IPI shall refuse the application.

4 Article 48 paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 apply correspondingly for the time period between the lapse of the patent and the publication of the application.

290 Inserted by No I of the FA of 3 Feb. 1995 (AS 1995 2879; BBl 1993 III 706). Amended by No I of the FA of 9 Oct. 1998, in force since 1 May 1999 (AS 1999 1363; BBl 1998 1633).

291 AS 1999 1363

Art. 144

285 Introdotto dal n. I della LF del 17 dic. 1976 (RU 1977 1997; FF 1976 II 1). Abrogato dal n. I della LF del 22 giu. 2007, con effetto dal 1° lug. 2008 (RU 2008 2551; FF 2006 1).

 

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