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Joint Resolution No. 118/2012, 546/2012 and 107/2012 of May 2, 2012, of the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Health and the National Industrial Property Institute (INPI), approving the Guidelines for the Examination of Patent Applications of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Inventions, Argentina

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Year of Version 2012 Dates Entry into force: May 16, 2012 Issued: May 2, 2012 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), IP Regulatory Body Notes Article 2 of the Civil Code stipulates: “Laws shall not be binding until after their publication, and as of the stated day. If no day is stated, they shall become binding eight days after their publication.”
This Resolution was published in the Official Gazette on May 8, 2012 (B.O. 08/05/12), with no specific date of entry into force; based on Article 2 of the Civil Code it entered into force eight days after its publication.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Spanish Resolución Conjunta Nº 118/2012, 546/2012 y 107/2012 de 2 de mayo de 2012 del Ministerio de Industria, del Ministerio de Salud y del Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial (INPI) que aprueba las Pautas para el Examen de Patentabilidad de las Solicitudes de Patentes de Invenciones Químico-Farmacéuticas PDF HTML
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Law No. 24.481 of September 20, 1995 on Patents for Inventions and Utility Models (as amended up to Law No. 27.444 of June 18, 2018) (AR224)
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