Title: | Article 16 of the Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights No 82 of 03/06/2002 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Substantive examination |
Summary table: |
Article 16
The Patent Office shall examine the patent application and its annexes in order to ascertain that the invention is new, involves an inventive step and is industrially applicable, in conformity with the provisions of Articles 1, 2 and 3 of this Law.
Where the invention satisfies the aforementioned conditions, and where the conditions provided for in Articles 12 and 13 are fulfilled in the patent application, the Patent Office shall publish the application acceptance, in the Patent Gazette, in the manner prescribed in the Regulations.