Title: | Articles 134-135 of the Patent Law No. 15 of 02/07/2004 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
17. Petty patent
Article 134
A petty patent shall mean a right of protection for a new, industrially applicable invention that involves an inventive step. In the event of protection by a petty patent, an invention shall involve an inventive step if it is the result of activities extending beyond the routine use of the state of the art by a skilled person, but lacks the inventive step required for a patent.
Only a solution relating to the configuration or structure of a product or the layout of its components may be the subject matter of an invention protected by a petty patent.
Article 135
Provisions of this Law shall duly apply to petty patents, unless expressly stipulated otherwise