Austria

Federal Law on the Introduction of the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Law Introducing Patent Treaties)

Year of current version:	1978
Date of Text (Enacted):	December 16, 1978
Type of Text:	Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Patents (Inventions), Utility Models
Notes:	Date of entry into force: See Part V, Article 25 for further detail.
Available Texts:
English	Federal Law on the Introduction of the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (Law Introducing Patent Treaties) (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
French	Loi fédérale relative à l'introduction de la Convention sur le brevet européen et du Traité de coopération en matière de brevets (Loi d'introduction de traités en matière de brevets)
German	Bundesgesetz über die Einführung des Europäischen Patentübereinkommens und des Vertrages über die internationale Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet des Patentwesens (Patentverträge- Einführungsgesetz - PatV-EG)
Related Treaties:	Patent Cooperation Treaty (June 19, 1970) European Patent Convention (EPO) (October 5, 1973)
Historical Versions:	Is superseded by Act Introducing Patent Treaties 1978 (Federal Act on the Introduction of the European Patent Convention and the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as last amended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) (AT013) 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)
WIPO Lex No.:	AT044