Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - El Salvador

Title:	Articles 120-122 of the Intellectual Property Law, legislative decree No. 604 of 15/07/1993 as last amended by Law No. No. 912 of 14/12/2005
Field of IP:	Patents
Type of flexibility:	Utility models
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Provisions of Law

Art. 120. Utility model means any shape, configuration or arrangement of elements of any artefact, tool, instrument, mechanism or other object, or of any part thereof, that makes for the better or different operation, use or manufacture of the object incorporating it, or which lends it some usefulness, advantage or technical effect that it did not have previously.

Utility models that are new and susceptible of industrial application shall be registrable.

Art. 121. The Commercial Registry shall issue the utility model patent, which shall have a non-renewable term of 10 years counted from the filing date of the application.

Art. 122. Articles 108, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118 and 119 of this Law shall be applicable to utility models.