Title: | Section 63 (1), (2), (3), (4) of the Patents Act No. 1 of 27/02/1992, as last amended by law No. 31 of 2006 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
63.-(1) An application under this Part may be made for a patent the term of which shall be ten years in lieu of the term provided for by or under section 36 in respect of a patent granted under Part II.
(2) A patent granted on such an application is referred to in this Part as a short-term patent.
(3) Part II shall apply to a short-term patent and an application for a short-term patent as it applies to a patent and an application for a patent under that Part subject to the necessary modifications and to the provisions of this Part.
(4) An invention shall be patentable under this Part if it is new and susceptible of industrial application provided it is not clearly lacking an inventive step.