الدانمرك

Order on the Extension of the Application Area for Order on Patents for Inventions of Medicinal Products and Order on Patents for Inventions of Food Products and Patents for Processes for the Manufacture of Food Products

Pursuant to Part 11, 1(2) of the Danish Patents Act, cf. Consolidated Act No. 366 of 9 June 1998, and by order under section 1 of the Ministry of Trade and Industry Order No. 416 of 27 May 1992, it is laid down that:

1. (1) The provisions of Order No. 450 of 16 September 1983 on patents for inventions of medicinal products shall, upon the request of the proprietor, apply to applications filed before 1 December 1983 and which were still pending on 1 January 1996.

(2) Amendments in applications comprised by (1) may not include new conditions.

2. (1) The provisions of Order No. 511 of 23 August 1988 on patents for inventions of food products and patents for processes for the manufacture of food products shall, upon the request of the proprietor, apply to applications filed before 1 January 1989 and which were still pending on 1 January 1996.

(2) Amendments in applications comprised by (1) may not include new conditions.

3. This Order shall enter into force on 1 October 1999.

The Danish Patent and Trademark Office, 16 September 1999

Mogens Kring

/ Anne Rejnhold Jørgensen

Ministry of Trade and Industry

The Danish Patent and Trademark Office

j.nr. EM 1998 00232

AD000544

J. H. Schultz Grafisk A/S