Title: | Sections 2, 82 (1) and (2) of the Industrial Property Act No. 3 of 27/07/2001 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
Section 2 ."utility model" means any form, configuration or disposition of element of some appliance, utensil, tool, electrical and electronic circuitry, instrument, handicraft mechanism or other object or any part of the same allowing a better or different functioning, use, or manufacture of the subject matter or that gives some utility, advantage, environmental benefit, saving or technical effect not available in Kenya before and includes micro-organisms or other self-replicable material, products of genetic resources, herbal as well as nutritional formulations which give new effects.
Section 82. (1) An invention qualifies for a utility model certificate if it is new and industrially applicable.
(2) Section 22, 24, 43, 44 and 60 shall not apply in the case of applications for utility model certificates.