Title: | Article 22 of the Patents Act of 25/06/1993 as last amended on 19/01/2006 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Security exceptions |
Summary table: |
Article 22. Inventions, Industrial Designs and Utility Models Related to State Secrecy
22.1. Applications for inventions, industrial designs or utility models related to national security or defense, classified as extremely important, top secret or secret, shall, upon the registration with the Central Intelligence Office, be received by a chief examiner of the Intellectual Property Office and transmitted to a responsible examiner for the examination upon which a decision whether to grant a patent shall be rendered.
22.2. Inventions, industrial designs or utility models related to the state secrecy shall not be published.