Title: | Article 7 of the Law on Inventions, Utility models and Industrial designs of 06/05/1994 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
Article 7. Patentability requirements for a utility model
Subject matter claimed as a utility model shall be granted legal protection, provided that it is novel and industrially applicable. A utility model shall be novel, if all its essential features are unknown from the prior art. The prior art shall include all the information made generally accessible in the Republic of Uzbekistan concerning means for the same purpose as the claimed utility model and also information on their application. A utility model shall be industrially applicable, provided that it can be used in practice. The public disclosure of information relating to a utility model, by the inventor, applicant or any person who has received this information therefrom, either directly or indirectly, shall not be recognized as a circumstance influencing the novelty of the utility model, if the application for the grant of a patent for the utility model has been filed with the Patent Office not later than six months from the date of disclosure of the information. In that regard, the obligation to prove the fact in question shall lie with the inventor and the applicant. The constructive design of devices shall relate to utility models. The subject matter indicated in part nine of article six of this Law shall not be protected as utility models.