Title: | Article 19 of the Law no. 1733/1987 "Technology transfer, Inventions and Technological innovation" |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
(1) The utility model certificate shall be granted for each novel and industrially applicable three-dimensional object with definite shape and form, such as a tool, an instrument, a device, an apparatus or even parts thereof, proposed as novel and industrially applicable and capable of giving a solution to a technical problem.
(2) Whoever files a patent application may request up to the date of grant of the patent the conversion of his patent application into application for a utility model certificate.
(3) The duration of validity of the utility model certificate is seven years from the day following the application for the grant of a utility model certificate or for the grant of a patent, in case of conversion in accordance with paragraph 2.
(4) The application for the grant of a utility model certificate shall be submitted to O.B.I.
The requirements for filing the application, the relevant supporting documentation, and all other pertinent details are determined by decision of the Minister of Industry, Energy, and Technology.
(5) If the application for a utility model certificate complies with the requirements of paragraph 4, O.B.I. grants a utility model certificate without prior examination of the novelty and industrial applicability of the utility model at the responsibility of the applicant.
(6) As regards all other matters, the respective dispositions of the present law regarding patents shall apply.