Austria

Act Introducing Patent Treaties 1978 (Federal Act on the Introduction of the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as last amended in 1992)

Year of current version:	1992
Date of last amendment:	November 1, 1992
Date of entry into force of original text:	May 1979
Date of Text (Enacted):	December 16, 1978
Type of Text:	Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Patents (Inventions)
Notes:	Date of entry into force of basic text: See Part V, Article 25 for further details.
Available Texts:
English	Act Introducing Patent Treaties 1978 (Federal Act on the Introduction of the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as last amended in 1992) (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
French	Loi d’introduction de traités en matière de brevets (loi fédérale relative à l’introduction de la Convention sur le brevet européen et du Traité de coopération en matière de brevets) (loi du 16 décembre 1978, modifiée en dernier lieu en 1992)
Historical Versions:	Supersedes Federal Law on the Introduction of the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Law Introducing Patent Treaties) (of December 16, 1978, as amended by the Federal Law of May 23, 1984) (AT090) Federal Law on the Introduction of the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Law Introducing Patent Treaties) (AT044)
WIPO Lex No.:	AT013