Finland

Patents Act

Year of current version:	1997
Date of last amendment:	March 21, 1997
Date of entry into force of original text:	1968
Date of Text (Enacted):	December 15, 1967
Type of Text:	Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Patents (Inventions)
Available Texts:
English	Patents Act (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
French	Loi sur les brevets
Historical Versions:	Supersedes Patents Act (as last amended by Act No. 1695/95 of December 22, 1995) (FI015) Is superseded by Patents Act 15.12.1967/550 (FI112) Patents Act (FI093) Patents Act 15.12.1967/550 (as last amended by Act No. 896 of November 11, 2005) (FI076)
WIPO Lex No.:	FI057